States fail when national governments can no longer provide personal security, food security and basic social services such as education and health care.
当国家政府再也无法提供个人安全、粮食保障以及教育和医疗等基本社会服务时,国家就会衰落。
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"Wealth" in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and entertainment.