100%. I just got back from India and they have poor people. I've also been to Myanmar and Cambodia. 

Poor in America is fat with color TV/digital streaming and water you can drink from the faucet. We lack perspective and are completely spoilt.

TNStacker

I do think some of the methodological points are interesting, it's just the presentation that's wildly tone deaf.

0xbitcoiner

econ

Escape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken

It's honestly pretty gross for Americans to claim they need $150k to avoid being in poverty. We're the fattest richest people in history and most of us have no idea what it's really like to be in poverty.

I've been very poor by American standards at different points in my life and it's nothing compared to what people in other parts of the world have to deal with.