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That makes no sense. What if everyone is above the poverty line ? If everyone can live a normal life without being afraid of lacking food or shelter, then the p

• gaius 9y ago
  Organizations such as the Joseph Rowntree foundation define poverty as being in the lowest third of income. Then periodically issue angry press releases that one third of children are below the poverty line...
• yorwba 9y ago
  Usually the poverty line is defined in some way relative to the income distribution. So if everyone gets richer by the same factor, the percentage below the poverty line does not change. I think that's a mistake. The poverty line should track how many people can't afford enough food to supply the recommended amount of nutrients, how many are not reliably protected from freezing to death, how many can't see a doctor when they have an infection, and so on. In short, the poverty line should track how many people are physically suffering because they don't have enough money.