After you say "That's an area of politics" you give two economic theories that reason poverty's production. Is poverty an indicator of a better economy? Do the

After you say "That's an area of politics" you give two economic theories that reason poverty's production. Is poverty an indicator of a better economy? Do the poor need to exist in better economies? What makes an economy better in the first place? These are all questions studied by economists and all influence this "should poor exist" question. There is no reason to qualify economic questions by saying they're political; they just coincide and that is all.