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Utsa Patnaik

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using false statistics to claim zero poverty helps nobody

Using False Statistics to Claim 'Zero Poverty' Helps Nobody

The information on increase in hunger is far more direct and based on readily verifiable statistics, than are the official calculations of poverty.