The Kushans became affluent through trade, particularly with Rome, as their large issues of gold coins show.
"The arrival of Starbucks and Ben & Jerry's just confirms what the neighborhood has become: affluent and well educated.
Mao was born in the village of Shaoshan in Hunan province, the son of a former peasant who had become affluent as a farmer and grain dealer.
Every day, a hundred thousand people join India's middle class, and many have become affluent enough to eat out every week.
Millions of people have "cold water flat" stories of how they left the old neighborhood and became affluent.
Honório Hermeto pursued a typical course open to 19th century Brazilians who became affluent through family connections and patronage: a judicial career, with expectations of entering politics.
As Manhattan below 110th Street becomes increasingly affluent and homogeneous, sites for small indirectly subsidized developments are becoming scarce and more and more expensive.
"As the world becomes more affluent, diabetes gets worse.
When it becomes more affluent, it is safer for them to come".
"As a society becomes increasingly affluent," writes Galbraith, "wants are increasingly created by the process by which they are satisfied".
