Your economy can boom with all the citizens suffering. For example, if average wages go down, and the rich get richer, the overall economy grows, but is of litt

Your economy can boom with all the citizens suffering. For example, if average wages go down, and the rich get richer, the overall economy grows, but is of little consequence to most people. When countries grow powerful, they begin to forget about the "socio" part of socioeconomics, and just look at dollars.