People in social classes with greater power attempt to cement their own positions in society and maintain their ranking above the lower social classes in the social hierarchy. Social classes with a great deal of power are usually viewed as elites, at least within their own societies.
Debt Burden Ratios. This is the ratio of debt burden to income. For example, if you pay Â£2,000 in debt interest and have an income of Â£40,000. If you a country has a debt burden of Â£100bn and pays debt interest of Â£60bn.
expense ratio. The percentage of premium used to pay all the costs of acquiring, writing, and servicing insurance and reinsurance. There are two methodologies to measure the expense ratio; a trade basis, which is expense divided by written premium and on a statutory basis when the expense is divided by earned premium. Most typically, the ratio is calculated using written premium.