The statistics commonly cited to tr...

The statistics commonly cited to track straitened circumstances in Canada are not entirely deceptive: they are systemically flawed. They cannot help still exaggerate what they are suppos to measure. Their use may enhance the visions of anti-poverty activists, who have learned from feminists, minority assemblage leaders and environmentalists that you can make a righteous living out of hyperbole. Their constant repetition trivializes the plight of those coping with real pauperism and the pathological effects of appurtenance

These popular statistics are structurally inadequate because they are based onward reported income, a highly misleading deputy for material well being; they give solitary ...