tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post460468477788096175..comments2024-03-18T17:37:44.183+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Growing PoorerDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-49877943387533926822011-10-12T02:47:14.933+01:002011-10-12T02:47:14.933+01:00Great post. I imagine that personal debt and techn...Great post. I imagine that personal debt and technology have also helped to mask this trend, at least up until now. I always cringe when people say that the poor are not really poor because they can afford iPhones. <br /><br />Yes, many fun consumer goods are now relatively affordable, however the basics of life, such as housing and medical care (at least in the U.S.), are now much more expensive. <br /><br />Also, as you point out, households have to send more people to work (the wife and sometimes the kids too) and work more hours just to stay afloat. <br /><br />So when one looks at the big picture, yes, people are definitely worse off, and this is reflected in things like more family breakdown, lower marriage rates, more kids doing drugs, more mental and physical health problems because of extreme stress, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com