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Poverty, inequality and wealth distribution

The handbook of intellectual self-defence, Volume 2

It is unwise to equate poverty with the uneven distribution of income and wealth. If everyone in a particular country is poor, then wealth is evenly distributed. Of course, most people would prefer a situation where everyone is well off. But measuring relative poverty also shows that even in a prosperous country where the entire population is comparatively rich, albeit with some better off than others, (relative) poverty will be ever-present.

• Author: Hanno Lorenz, Michael Christl
• Date: 01. August 2015