The Ultimate Question: Why Capitalism Needs Poverty?

The ultimate question, why does poverty exist? Poverty can be measured in two ways. It can be measured by absolute poverty and by relative poverty (Author). Absolute poverty is about the goods and services. Relative poverty looks at needs (Author). There are many reason why poverty exists. It exists local, nationally and internationally. There are problems with people obtaining education, obtaining jobs and just with money in general. There are ways to improve the quality of life of the poor and in this essay they will be laid out. The video, “Why Capitalism Needs Poverty”, tells us that extreme poverty is slowly being stopped but all while the inequality of wealthy is increasing. In the video, Redi Tlhabi, from South2North asks the listeners

The idea of the federal government’s measurement of US poverty was developed by one single person. This idea was developed by Mollie Orshansky in the early 1960’s. Poverty was first determined by the amount of food families received (Author). Poverty on the national level is said to be caused by education, health, and crime (Author). “Impoverished families tend to have less education, more health problems and less access to nutritionally adequate food” (Author). The author in from the US poverty article argues that one is more likely to achieve a more secure economic future when they have a more advanced education (Author). Skills and knowledge are needed for any job or career. When it comes to health influencing poverty, this is meant that poor people don’t often have the opportunity to get medical assistance. This leads to them being at higher risk for disease and mortality rates, which therefore makes their income lesser and economic future less bright (Author). There are many government programs that were made to help the poor. They include but are not limited to: Head Start, Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, Job Corps, National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs and Family Planning Services