poverty trap
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But those energy retrofits are expensive and are likely beyond the reach of many low-income households, which could lead to what the researchers call an energy poverty trap.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2024
Throughout most of our history, however, our species was caught in a poverty trap.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
“However, I grew up in a $500 house, and all my buddies and I escaped that poverty trap because we had incredibly strong values,” he said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2017
It’s been three years since I wrote a post online about America’s poverty trap that went viral and led to a book deal.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2016
The poverty trap as said does not exist.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus
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