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The "standard of living" of any country means the average person’s (26) of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and (27) on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this (28) is not money, for we do not live on money but on (29) that money can buy. "goods" such as food and (30) , and "services" such as transport and (31)
A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many (32) , most of which have an (33) on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country’s natural resources, such as coal, gold and other materials, water supply and so on. (34)
Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and (35) . Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country’s people. Wealth also produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have a large margin for saving, and can (36) in their working day.