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.
The level of debt depends on the debt servicing capacity of the economy i.e. export earnings and revenue generation. The debt burden can be expressed in terms of stock ratio i.e. Debt to GDP, external Debt to GDP or flow ratios i.e. Debt to revenue, external Debt to Foreign exchange Earnings.