A few weeks ago Matt Yglesias published a tweet (since deleted, which I don't totally understand as I thought it was pretty innocuous from a Progressive viewpoint) saying that he wanted to spend more time focusing on "relative child poverty." What the heck is "relative" child poverty? I want to spend a bit of time discussing why this is a useless metric, helpful only if one want to try to sell socialism in the US.
Capitalism in the USA has lifted more people out of poverty than any other force. Period. Go check out the data he presents.
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