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not a lack of money but a tax on everything, paid in time, health, and choices
means The state of being poor — lacking enough money or material resources to meet basic needs.
from From Old French poverte, descended from Latin paupertas, the noun built on pauper, "poor." That pauper is thought to come from an old pairing of paucus ("little, few") and pario ("to produce") — roughly, "producing little." The same paucus root quietly survives in English "paucity" and "few," so poverty and scarcity have shared a bloodline all along.
- thought tax
- Scarcity measurably drops IQ test performance, like losing sleep.
- poverty trap
- Being poor is expensive; cheap shoes cost more long-term.
- global line
- Extreme poverty defined as under $2.15 daily.
- falling fast
- Global extreme poverty dropped from 38% to under 10% since 1990.
- not laziness
- Most poor adults worldwide already work, often multiple jobs.
appalachia — region in eastern us where 21.9% live below poverty line, concentrated in kentucky, west virginia, eastern tennessee
mumbai dharavi slum — largest slum in asia with ~1 million residents in 2.1 sq km in mumbai, india
haiti — western hemisphere's poorest country with 60% living below $2.41 daily, per world bank 2023
niger — sahel nation with 42.9% below poverty line and $1,300 median gdp per capita