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Part of me wants to accept this information, but I am worried that some kind of Freakonomics will come into play and we'll find that the reason why there appear
by tomkin 15y ago
Part of me wants to accept this information, but I am worried that some kind of Freakonomics will come into play and we'll find that the reason why there appears to be less poor is because X is no longer being considered as Y.
- antihero 15y agoI wonder - is the amount adjusted base on cost of living and inflation? IE if $2 a day now gets the poor the same as $1.50 in the 90s, they haven't really gained anything.
- roel_v 15y agoYes, see this excellent reply by Lazare below: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3756021 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3756021 .