It distressed him, but it did not affect his material welfare.
This concern for material welfare, like advocacy of traditional mores, will often have a basis in religion.
Robbins feels that economists should not limit their attention to material welfare.
Simon collected his winnings and issued an open challenge to bet on any measure of material human welfare.
Robert Simpson accepted willingly enough the responsibility for her material welfare.
Had I allowed my material welfare and personal preference for life in the country to weigh more with me than her happiness?
Not only did he erect and keep in repair a large school-building, but he cared for the material welfare of the poor students as well.
Measures taken by Charlemagne for the intellectual progress and material welfare of his realm improved conditions.
It was a basic tenet of a free society that people themselves must be the judge of what contributed to their material welfare.
Although their general lack of money caused despair, material welfare was a secondary consideration.