Economics:
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781285859460
Author: BOYES, William
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 10E
To determine
The poor will always be with us- Does this statement have different meanings depending on whether poverty is interpreted as an absolute or a relative concept
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