But when these laws are used to make the rich richer, and the powerful more powerful, then the more humble members of our society have a right to complain of injustice.
" But it is right, too, that I should try to lift you out of this life into something richer, and that you should not come back again, and be as if I had not tried at all."
If preferences are pulling women away from work, then government intervention to subsidise child care could just end up helping richer parents who would have paid anyway.
While these adventures were still mostly reserved for the more wealthy individuals, the entrepreneurial spirit at the basis of their stories did resonate more widely among the general public.
But middle income families and even wealthier families are often trading down to shops like Walmart and Target from higher end shops that they would have gone to before.
Because many people live below the poverty line, observers say voters are more susceptible to bribery by wealthy politicians, fueling a cycle of government corruption.