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posted by martyb on Sunday November 20 2016, @07:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-much-less-do-I-have-than-others dept.

Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, the definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income.

New research from Georgia Tech economist Shatakshee Dhongde shows there are multiple components of poverty that more accurately describes a household's economic condition. Dhongde looks at "deprivation" more than simply low income, and her work finds that almost 15 percent of Americans are deprived in multiple dimensions.

"This study approaches poverty in a new way," said Dhongde, who recently published "Multi-Dimensional Deprivation in the U.S." in the journal Social Indicators Research.

"We tried to identify what is missing in the literature on poverty, and measure deprivation in six dimensions: health, education, standard of living, security, social connections, and housing quality. When you look at deprivation in these dimensions, you have a better picture of what is really going on with households, especially in developed countries like the United States."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @10:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @10:41PM (#430167)

    Whites are free to be White and openly support Donald Trump

    fired from my job at the local detachment of Boston Dynamics for calling Eric Schmidt a "Jew fag" at a company picnic, I figured the best way to spend a Friday would be to go to the local Trump rally

  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday November 20 2016, @10:53PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday November 20 2016, @10:53PM (#430177) Homepage

    I was re-hired. Kind of a long story, but I hired a good Jewish lawyer and he pleaded the case that I acted under duress from a hostile environment due to anti-White male bias. Like a good judo practitioner he leveraged the company's momentum against itself and I won the case. Unfortunately, there were also other civil, contractual obligations that needed to be worked out in parallel -- my work on the Gay Jewish Robots, HAL Goldberg and Tyrone Silverstein was unfinished and they had no others who knew those systems as well as I did.

    Sparing you the long and complicated details, I accepted being re-hired at Boston Dynamics to finish work on my projects in exchange for legal fees rather than the full settlement I was awarded. Although it cost me in the short-term, the deal is more lucrative for me in the long term. There is hostility at work but I get a few pats on the back from those sympathetic on a regular basis, and they are under orders not to threaten my employment due to contractual obligations.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @11:04PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @11:04PM (#430185)

      a hostile environment due to anti-White male bias

      where Whites are free to be White and openly support Donald Trump

      That's the idea, argue both sides of the issue, and you'll have the issue surrounded.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2016, @02:58AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2016, @02:58AM (#430286)

        Yep, big ol' gay dudes, you feel so safe in their arms, even though you're totally not gay, you're glad you have them on your side. They understand what it is like to be part of a brotherhood, showing a kind of loyalty which is a concept alien to those conniving unscrupulous women.

        This is the part that has me concerned. Nativist? Check! Bigot? Check! Anti-semite? Check. Trump supporter? Check! So deep in the closet cannot find his own goats.ex with both hands? Check!