You must be talking about a relative standard of poverty and not absolute measure.
Measuring the distribution of wealth between several countries isn't useful by itself.
One country could have a poverty line of 5k, another could be 20k.
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Originally posted by Le Dieu des bonnes gens
The lowest 10% In France have standard of livings
which are composed of 35% transfers. Thus they earn 65% and are given 35%.
This means their incomes are increased about 50% because of transfers.
This is the reason why poverty rates are much lower in France
than the USA.
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