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The article uses local market prices for food, but in very poor countries, most people are subsistence farmers and grow what they eat. Also, yes, in South Suda
by jpatokal 9y ago
The article uses local market prices for food, but in very poor countries, most people are subsistence farmers and grow what they eat.
Also, yes, in South Sudan people are currently dying in masse, there's a vicious civil war in progress.
- lovich 9y agoI understand they are using local prices. Local prices dont matter when you are comparing a day's wage though. That's how much money you earn in one day regardless of the number attached to it. If the amount of food you need in a day costs more than you can earn in a day I would assume this would quickly lead to starvation. I know about the civil war and deaths due to violence, I was curious if there was starvation happening as well