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> [“In 1970 only about one in seven American families lived in neighbourhoods that were unambiguously ‘affluent’ or ‘poor’.40 By 2007 that number had risen to almost one in three.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/in-1970-only-about-one-in-seven-american-families-lived-in/)

[Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/)

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> [Because present procedures by design favor the affluent, the poor are being increasingly marginalized. And because the poor are so marginalized, they can exert little influence on institutional design decisions. We need to break out of this vicious spiral and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/because-present-procedures-by-design-favor-the-affluent-the-poor-are/)

[Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/)

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