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Tags: poverty
Categories: Economics & Finance
People are relatively impoverished if the customary (average) standard of living in their society requires more spending than the income they have available. This standard changes as a society becomes more prosperous.
(read more: http://www.unc.edu/depts/econ/byrns_web/Economicae/Essays/Poverty_RelAbs.htm)
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