It is the same situation between affluent and deprived areas, and this gap is growing rather than closing.
Solutions to affluent individuals' complex financial situations are growing in demand from sophisticated wealth transfer needs and complex lending solutions to holistic planning.
This reflects that, while on average Australia's housing situation is very affluent, there are significant sections of society going without – especially the Indigenous population.
Breastfeeding called a "secret weapon to save billions of dollars" We are left with a situation where only affluent women, or the relatively small number of women whose employers voluntarily offer paid leave, can afford to stay home with a newborn for any significant length of time.
For instance, many affluent people, reflecting on the situation of people in developing countries, would be inclined to think that it is simply the latter's bad luck to have been born in poor countries.
Whereas tobacco addiction was more prevalent among more affluent men in 1983, this situation reversed after 1986, thus partially explaining the higher lung cancer mortality rates among less-schooled men.
It is not at all clear what the situation is in less affluent countries with less extensive health care networks.
In this situation, women could achieve affluent material lives but at the expense of a formal career and the self-fulfillment that came with it.
The deprivations of the formerly affluent Nouveau Poor are real enough, but the situation of the already poor suggests that they do not necessarily presage a greener, more harmonious future with a flatter distribution of wealth.
According to its most recent survey of 1,107 affluent consumers, 48% believe their personal financial situation will improve over the next 12 months, the highest level since third-quarter 2007.
