Poor people in rich countries - a new approach to measurement and policy

Relative poverty measures are deeply flawed, but that does make absolute measures any better. Poverty is not absolute. Perceptions of what is a ‘necessity’ and what is merely a convenience change over time. Our great-grandparents would not have considered a washing machine, central heating or an indoor bathroom to be necessities. To us, they are necessities, and this is simply because we live in societies where virtually every household has these items.

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Source: http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/poor-people-in-rich-countries-a-new-approach-to-measurement-and-policy

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