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Poor people aren't really poor because they almost all have a refrigerator and an iPhone is not as compelling an argument as you may think. There are very real

Poor people aren't really poor because they almost all have a refrigerator and an iPhone is not as compelling an argument as you may think. There are very real and very extreme examples* of poverty in this country that are inexcusable. * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/hookworm-lowndes-county-alabama-water-waste-treatment-poverty https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/hookworm-low...

bumby 6y ago
What do you personally think is a better metric for poverty? Something like access to quality healthcare? https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30994-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...