45. Many people agree that economic globalization has created more wealth in the world. Unfortunately, this economic wealth has not been shared equally among all nations and all peoples. _______________ For the world’s poor, the situation has been described as “a race to the bottom.”
(A) Nations with more budgets on armed force are seeing more growth than those who do not.
(B) While the wealthier nations have seen their economies grow, poorer countries have not.
(C) The wealthier nations are endowed with more natural resources than the poorer ones.
(D) The parallel establishment of infrastructure in wealthier and poorer nations is obvious.