Editor's Insight: Economists change tack on measuring rich and poor
If the figures don't fit your argument, move the goalposts.
What do you do when the evidence keeps undermining a key belief on the Left – that the rich are getting richer and the poorer? That capitalism is still grinding down the masses and all but a fortunate few are worse off since the 1980s.
One answer is to move the goalposts. Instead of measuring
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Editor's Insight: Economists change tack on measuring rich and poor
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