โฒ 262 โผ What screams "poorly educated"? (sopuli.xyz) submitted 3 years ago by Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 456 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] yogthos@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 years ago (1 child) Believing that capitalism lifts people out of poverty. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] UnelectedReimu@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) oh but it does permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago why would you expose yourself like that If we take just one country, China, out of the global poverty equation, then even under the $1.90 poverty standard we find that the extreme poverty headcount is the exact same as it was in 1981. The $1.90/day (2011 PPP) line is not an adequate or in any way satisfactory level of consumption; it is explicitly an extreme measure. Some analysts suggest that around $7.40/day is the minimum necessary to achieve good nutrition and normal life expectancy, while others propose we use the US poverty line, which is $15. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] UnelectedReimu@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) oh but it does permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago why would you expose yourself like that If we take just one country, China, out of the global poverty equation, then even under the $1.90 poverty standard we find that the extreme poverty headcount is the exact same as it was in 1981. The $1.90/day (2011 PPP) line is not an adequate or in any way satisfactory level of consumption; it is explicitly an extreme measure. Some analysts suggest that around $7.40/day is the minimum necessary to achieve good nutrition and normal life expectancy, while others propose we use the US poverty line, which is $15. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago why would you expose yourself like that If we take just one country, China, out of the global poverty equation, then even under the $1.90 poverty standard we find that the extreme poverty headcount is the exact same as it was in 1981. The $1.90/day (2011 PPP) line is not an adequate or in any way satisfactory level of consumption; it is explicitly an extreme measure. Some analysts suggest that around $7.40/day is the minimum necessary to achieve good nutrition and normal life expectancy, while others propose we use the US poverty line, which is $15. permalink fedilink source parent