http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/08/14/absolute-and-relative-poverty/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/08/14/absolute-and-relative-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Steven Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:25:14 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=3508#comment-1992 Using only relative poverty measurements is great if you're trying to produce some feel-good statistics in regions where most people are living in absolute poverty but beyond that it only obfuscates economic injustices and should ideally be combined with absolute poverty statistics. Using only relative poverty measurements is great if you’re trying to produce some feel-good statistics in regions where most people are living in absolute poverty but beyond that it only obfuscates economic injustices and should ideally be combined with absolute poverty statistics.

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