How America Manufactures Poverty

Re:How America Manufactures Poverty by polygamous_bat on Sunday March 19, 2023 @12:31AM (#35216051)

> What does the size of the US economy have to do with the rate of relative poverty?

A larger economy roughly means that more value is created in that country. Combining that with a higher relative rate of poverty means that the extra value created is not captured in a similar proportion. How are those two unrelated metrics?

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Re:How America Manufactures Poverty by refurb on Sunday March 19, 2023 @12:56AM (#35216172)

But it’s comparing the US economy to a bunch of smaller economies. You cant ignore population when it comes to “more value”.

Then it adds India, a poor country where the poor are much worse off than in the US.

Then it compares the size of the economies of that mish-mash of countries to relative poverty in the US.

So what exactly am i supposed to draw from this comparison?

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