[SideQuark]

The poor in America are richer than the poor in just about any other country. The US poverty line is around the top 15% of world incomes, and that's pre tax transfers. Post tax transfers puts them much higher.

[PhilipRoman]

But is that before or after adjusting for cost of living?

[SideQuark]

After. It's PPP adjusted, as all good economists would do.