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Re:Half of all adults in the world have less than $2,300 in ... by tasuki on Thursday June 07, 2018 @04:20PM (#17259867)
What about people who earn lots but choose not to consume much? Are they poor?
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Re:Half of all adults in the world have less than $2,300 in ... by Symmetry on Thursday June 07, 2018 @04:27PM (#17259933)
They're not poor but I think there are few enough people voluntarily consuming less than $12,140 a year when they could live better that I'm comfortable ignoring them in the relevant statistics.
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