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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (251191)9/17/2005 3:07:58 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 1574345
 
The point of the article is that for a nation so wealthy its surprising how many 3rd world parts exist within its borders.

"Only if you define "parts" in a pretty odd way. No state, or major portion of a state, or city of any size, in th US, has third world levels of poverty."

May be not an entire city but certainly a big portion of a city like New Orleans.

New Oreleans might have third world conditions now, but not before Katrina. Yes parts of New Orleans were very poor, but places like he 9th ward were not "third world".

"The definition is entirely based on inequality. Not poverty in any absolute sense."

I am not understanding you. Inequality often leads to poverty why do you suggest they are mutually exclusive?

They are not mutually exlusive. Far from it. However measuring one is not measuring the other.

Poor people are less likely to have PhDs then wealthy people. Much less likely. But measuring poverty doesn't measure PhDs, and measuring the number of people with advanced degrees in a city doesn't measure its poverty level. Its the same with inequality and poverty. If you have a high level of inequality you are more likely to have a greater % of poor people. But you can have a bunch of people who are equally poor, or you can have inequality without high levels of poverty.

If you devine "poverty" as having income compared to the national average, then you are really measuring inequality. If you have no other good data to use, it might be better than nothing, but it isn't really a measure of poverty.

Tim
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