concentration of wealth

collocation in English

meaningsofconcentrationandwealth

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concentration
noun
uk
/ˌkɒn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/
the ability to think carefully about something you are doing and ...
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wealth
noun
uk
/welθ/us
/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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(Definition ofconcentrationandwealthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although capturing the variance, their model fails to match the extreme degree ofconcentrationofwealthin the hands of the richest 1%.
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Corporations are vehicles for the pooling of capital and thus theconcentrationofwealth.
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Thus, within the capitalist sector, the economic impact of privatisations accentuated the trend towards theconcentrationofwealthin a few domestic economic groups initiated two decades before.
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She finds that the model with "impure" altruism can generate a largeconcentrationofwealthin the very rich observed in data, whereas the one without altruism cannot.
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Concentrationofwealthand power is part and parcel of capitalist logic.
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The long-term policy of privatisation, deregulation and liberalisation has resulted in an increasingconcentrationofwealthamong the top ten thousand.
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Therefore, we might argue that it would be economically progressive to encourage the dissemination rather than theconcentrationofwealth.
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I rather agree that too narrow aconcentrationofwealthhas bedevilled this country, its growth and its progress.
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Aconcentrationofwealthhas been moving in that one direction for far too long.
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Indeed, there has been aconcentrationofwealthand power in the south-east.
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Theconcentrationofwealthand employment in the country is now far more widespread, which is a good thing.
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The internal market will lead to a greaterconcentrationofwealthand production.
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Regarded from that point of view, it does not look like theconcentrationofwealthin the hands of too small a number.
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Inflation is the more immediate problem, but there is also theconcentrationofwealthin our society.
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It is one of the world's great financial centres and aconcentrationofwealthcreation.
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It is accentuated by theconcentrationofwealthhere.
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I suggest that theconcentrationofwealthin a small part of the nation affects both the brain and the heart of the nation.
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This growingconcentrationofwealth, power and decision-making is now recognised as being far from the panacea which its supporters had claimed.
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What we should be discussing are those policies which promote the centralisation andconcentrationofwealthand the increase in social inequalities.
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It represents, in fact, a more formidableconcentrationofwealththan that other place has ever done since the working people had a vote.
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