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Far removed from the beat-up mini-fridges and crooked posters of the past, the dramatic transformations are unnecessary, some say, and reflect the widening line between the haves and have-nots in the United States.
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Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
With fewer homes available for median earners, today's housing market is widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, with younger Americans less likely to buy a home, the study says.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Based on the video game from Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
Transporting the action to Japan’s postwar economic boom, Kurosawa examined class differences in the country, and while Lee uses the text to comment on the haves and have-nots too, his focus is trained on the 21st century attention economy dictated by the social media hordes.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
With fewer homes available for median earners, today's housing market is widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, with younger Americans less likely to buy a home, the study says.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Based on the video game from Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
Transporting the action to Japan’s postwar economic boom, Kurosawa examined class differences in the country, and while Lee uses the text to comment on the haves and have-nots too, his focus is trained on the 21st century attention economy dictated by the social media hordes.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Have-not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have-not. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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