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by HKH2 1271 days ago
You're talking about absolute poverty and they're talking about relative poverty.
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objetovoador 1270 days ago
In many culture war debates there's a consistent theme of ignoring and/or discounting absolute figures and monomaniacally focusing on relative figures.
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marketerinland 1266 days ago
‘The poor getting poorer’ refers to absolute poverty.
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