It's not the first social network that caters to wealthy people only, and it won't be the last: Affluence is the latest company to take a crack at building a community site exclusively for the rich and famous among us instead of the petty riff-raff that make up the bulk of internet users.
Even so the typical family's wealth was still 30percentt lower than in 2007, when the average family's net worth of nearly $140,000, a reflection of the lasting damage the housing bust inflicted on American affluence.
Although it occupied the first rung of Alfred P. Sloan's General Motors hierarchy, a ladder on which customers would move up to more expensive brands as they gained affluence, Chevy developed a following of fans whose devotion lasted a lifetime.
He seems unsure that his current level of affluence is justified by anything he's done, and he worries that his net worth is precarious and may not last.
At the beginning of the book, Andrei is struck by how much everything in Moscow has changed in the intervening years since he last visited, especially the affluence he sees around town.
"It's surprising and dismaying to me that this series could be breathing its last breath surrounded by such affluence".
A whole coterie of experts has sprung up in the last few years to coach the children of affluence into the working world.
They were content to link growing affluence with their own merit: just rewards were at last conceded to those working in industries that were fast disappearing.
Last night, with support from Elle Décor magazine, organ of "the new generation of affluence," the show held its famously fancy kickoff bash.
And many are offering help.The capital city of Ulaanbaatar these days is aswarm with various multinational groups eagerly interested in leading Mongolia out of the Dark Ages and into affluence and modernity by developing its considerable natural resources, as well as the last wilderness areas left in Asia.Gleaming new hotels rise beside gray Soviet-era housing projects.
With increasing affluence, the Chinese are developing a taste for sushi, which could soon see every last piece of glistening toro disappear.
