http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/02/us-poverty-rate.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/02/us-poverty-rate.html/comment-page-1#comment-9795 Brandon Berg Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:08:12 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/02/us-poverty-rate.html#comment-9795 <p>What HTRN said. If these numbers aren't PPP-adjusted, they should be.</p> What HTRN said. If these numbers aren’t PPP-adjusted, they should be.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/02/us-poverty-rate.html/comment-page-1#comment-9794 HTRN Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:12:43 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/02/us-poverty-rate.html#comment-9794 <p>Another point to make is how much further money goes in the US - Fuel, food and shelter are generally significantly cheaper. So while the poor here may not have any more income than the poor in Europe, they certainly live much, MUCH better.</p> Another point to make is how much further money goes in the US – Fuel, food and shelter are generally significantly cheaper. So while the poor here may not have any more income than the poor in Europe, they certainly live much, MUCH better.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/02/us-poverty-rate.html/comment-page-1#comment-9793 Tim Worstall Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:59:15 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/02/us-poverty-rate.html#comment-9793 <p>Worth noting one minor point. Tyler also points to Paul Krugman defending his point. Your graph and Krugman's point both come from the same researcher, Tom Smeeding, and the same information source, the Luxembourg Income Study.</p> Worth noting one minor point. Tyler also points to Paul Krugman defending his point. Your graph and Krugman’s point both come from the same researcher, Tom Smeeding, and the same information source, the Luxembourg Income Study.

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