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Why Poverty Figures Can Be Misleading

SI Filings Mon, 12/14/15 8:30 pm
Society & Culture
Economics
Poverty
Social Ethics

“[W]hen we hear reports that between 14 and 16 percent of Americans are living in poverty, few people bother to ask, “Are they talking about consumption or income?”(link is external)

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