In season three of the TV show “The West Wing,”the federal government considers redefining thenational poverty measure in a way that wouldclassify an additional 4 million people as poor.The president worries that his administration willbe criticized for leading the country into greaterpoverty. Explain whether this change would havereflected a shift in an absolute measure of poverty,a relative measure of poverty, or whether it cannot be known. Finally, explain why all else equal,the president is not responsible for causing greaterpoverty

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