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Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

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Jeffrey Eugenides
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 8
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
Capitalism
Material
Materials
Spiritual
Wells
Well
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Bankruptcy

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