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Why US have a higher income?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

It's a huge country rich with resources whose culture favors meritocracy and mostly has a pro-business environment and where people are socially mobile (i.e. you can rise in status from low class to upper class).

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