As a satirist, Lewis was usually heavy-handed, but his diagnosis of social ailments could be sharp.
The result is physical ailments like heart disease, and social ailments like violent crime, mutual distrust, self-destructive behaviors and persistent poverty.
Both the government and the RICS fear that gated communities will lead to such buzzword social ailments as polarisation and exclusion.
The vast overlap between the social ailments of the South (like poverty) and the physiological ones (like disease) is not merely theoretical.
Economic growth may thus not only be the best way to overcome extreme poverty, but also to reduce terrible non-economic social ailments as well.
Researchers in Iran often attribute this troubling trend to various social ailments: a higher divorce rate, increased male desire for "variety," fewer opportunities for marriage, drug addiction, and unemployment.
Actually, they believe it was a tremendous success, quashing some of the country's deep-seated social ailments by depriving Americans of the demon booze that was driving them to sin.
There are some commonly held beliefs that aging is associated with increased dependency, loss of self-control, incapacity, ailment, social isolation, and disengagement from life. 1 Misconceptions about older people and aging are called "ageism", "gerontophobia", or "the elderly mystique".
According to the UA website, other symptoms of under-earning include "clinging to useless possessions" for fear of not being able to afford a replacement; social isolation; and physical ailments caused by an ongoing cycle of overwork and exhaustion, which in turn makes it more difficult to earn a sustainable living.
