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New Poverty Metric Reveals America's Widening Inequality Gap with Europe

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A novel 'average poverty' metric measuring work time to earn equivalent purchasing power exposes a striking paradox: Americans require 63 minutes versus 26-34 minutes for Western Europeans—despite higher aggregate incomes. The US has experienced rising inequality since 1990 while most developed nations improved, revealing how conventional GDP-based measures mask critical wealth disparities. This challenges policymakers to address deepening inequality and adopt distribution-sensitive poverty measures.

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