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Topic
Board Economics
Re: Is poverty a lack of money?
by
Paul Pogba
on 21/06/2023, 14:54:16 UTC
I see poverty as the inability to provide what you need. So when people assume that poverty is when you don't have money I don't agree. Now what if you have all you need and you don't require money to buy anything, are you poor? Some people live in communities where everyone lives agrarian life. They have all they need because everything they need to survive is available. Food is on the farm, water available and everybody is happy. Although it was hard during the Covid-19 lockdown many people lived without money. I have also seen many people leaving cities and moving to rural areas to live a natural life.

In summary when you have everything you need to survive and you don't need money, are you poor?

I think not, if we can get everything we need, of course we are not poor, poor people are people who cannot buy the things they need, the necessities in question are basic needs such as food, electricity, and so on, when I can't buy a new car , apartments, expensive clothes, and so on then I'm not poor because those things are not needed.