The Christmas Carol by Lewis Forrest https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf lewis forrest en-us 2017-12-06 14:32:27 UTC 2017-12-06 15:13:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Christmas carol is out of date and no longer relevant for our modern society he9leforrest https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213713770 2017-12-06 14:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213713770 he9leforrest https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213719223 2017-12-06 14:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213719223 he9leforrest https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213721554 2017-12-06 14:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213721554 he9leforrest https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213723124 2017-12-06 14:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213723124 Intuitively, defining poverty doesn't seem necessary: we know it when we see it. But while we can probably agree that the inhabitants of Dickensian slums were in poverty, in many cases today things aren't so clear cut.It's partly because of this difficulty that there are several measures available. The main government figures are for absolute and relative poverty, measured before and after housing costs.Although the figures produced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are referred to as measuring relative and absolute low income, it's common to refer to them as measures of poverty (for example, in the Child Poverty Act or at Prime Minister's Questions).Relative povertyRelative poverty generally means that a person can't afford an "ordinary living pattern"—they're excluded from the activities and opportunities that the average person enjoys.A household is in relative poverty (also called relative low income) if its income is below 60% of the median household income. The median is the number 'in the middle' of a set—so half of all households earn more than the median income household, and half earn less.The government wants to measure spending power, rather than earning power, so it counts incomes after taxes and benefits.And households need different degrees of spending power to live comfortably, depending on their size and shape. A household with one person in it needs less money to live comfortably than a household consisting of a couple and two children.So household incomes are “equivalised” in poverty statistics. They’re adjusted to take into account the number of adults and children who live there. he9leforrest https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213725478 2017-12-06 14:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213725478 The wage gap he9leforrest https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213727483 shows how the difference between the rich and poor hasn't changed in over 150 years, e.g. the charity collectors.]]> 2017-12-06 14:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/he9leforrest/zyzpwddpesbf/wish/213727483