Biological poverty - Revision history

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	English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} (1766–1834) supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, stating that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>		English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} (1766–1834) supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, stating that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>
	On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Harari also states that, separated from the biological poverty line, humankind today faces a higher risk of being killed by obesity rather than famine and malnutrition.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Homo Deus. Chapter one: The New Human Agenda\|url=https://ralucakisescu.ro/homo-deus-chapter-one-new-human-agenda\|website=ralucakisescu.ro\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>		On the contrary, contemporary Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Harari also states that, separated from the biological poverty line, humankind today faces a higher risk of being killed by obesity rather than famine and malnutrition.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Homo Deus. Chapter one: The New Human Agenda\|url=https://ralucakisescu.ro/homo-deus-chapter-one-new-human-agenda\|website=ralucakisescu.ro\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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 English scholar {{w|Thomas Robert Malthus}} (1766–1834) supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, stating that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web|title=World Poverty|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm|website=world-poverty.org|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>
 On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1|website=steemit.com|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Harari also states that, separated from the biological poverty line, humankind today faces a higher risk of being killed by obesity rather than famine and malnutrition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Homo Deus. Chapter one: The New Human Agenda|url=https://ralucakisescu.ro/homo-deus-chapter-one-new-human-agenda|website=ralucakisescu.ro|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>
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	English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} (1766–1834) supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, stating that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>		English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} (1766–1834) supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, stating that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>
	On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>		On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Harari also states that, separated from the biological poverty line, humankind today faces a higher risk of being killed by obesity rather than famine and malnutrition.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Homo Deus. Chapter one: The New Human Agenda\|url=https://ralucakisescu.ro/homo-deus-chapter-one-new-human-agenda\|website=ralucakisescu.ro\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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	Biological poverty is the type of poverty that refers to malnutrition and starvation. It could also refer to housing and clothing so inadequate that people suffer from exposure~~. Homeless people endure biological poverty~~.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sociology Mid Term Essay\|url=https://www.majortests.com/essay/Sociology-Mid-Term-590483.html\|website=majortests.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>		Biological poverty is the type of poverty that refers to malnutrition and starvation. It could also refer to housing and clothing so inadequate that people suffer from exposure.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sociology Mid Term Essay\|url=https://www.majortests.com/essay/Sociology-Mid-Term-590483.html\|website=majortests.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>

	== Measurement ==		== Measurement ==

	Even though there is no universally accepted deffinition for "basic needs"<ref>{{cite web\|title=View: Why universal basic income isn't universal or basic\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/view-why-universal-basic-income-isnt-universal-or-basic/articleshow/58993518.cms\|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>, the biological poverty line is generally determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual, generally estimated at 2,400 calories. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>		Even though there is no universally accepted deffinition for "basic needs"<ref>{{cite web\|title=View: Why universal basic income isn't universal or basic\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/view-why-universal-basic-income-isnt-universal-or-basic/articleshow/58993518.cms\|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>, the biological poverty line is generally determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual, generally estimated at 2,400 calories. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref name="Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa">{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>

	== Incidence ==		== Incidence ==

	Biological poverty can still be found in the world's poorest countries. It can also be found in contemporary dictatorships.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Global Pulse: With outbreaks in violence, starvation & migration, the Venezuela crisis is worse\|url=https://theprint.in/global-pulse/global-pulse-violence-starvation-migration-venezuela-crisis-worse/34996/\|website=theprint.in\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Biological poverty is rare in the developed world.		Biological poverty can still be found in the world's poorest countries. It can also be found in contemporary dictatorships.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Global Pulse: With outbreaks in violence, starvation & migration, the Venezuela crisis is worse\|url=https://theprint.in/global-pulse/global-pulse-violence-starvation-migration-venezuela-crisis-worse/34996/\|website=theprint.in\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Biological poverty is rare in the developed world. Homeless people endure biological poverty.<ref name="Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa"/>

	== Scholars' stances ==		== Scholars' stances ==

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	English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} (1766–1834) supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, ~~basically concluding~~ that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>		English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} (1766–1834) supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, stating that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>
	On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>		On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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	== Measurement ==		== Measurement ==

	Even though there is no universally accepted deffinition for "basic needs"<ref>{{cite web\|title=View: Why universal basic income isn't universal or basic ~~Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/58993518.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst~~\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/view-why-universal-basic-income-isnt-universal-or-basic/articleshow/58993518.cms\|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>, the biological poverty line is generally determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual, generally estimated at 2,400 calories. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>		Even though there is no universally accepted deffinition for "basic needs"<ref>{{cite web\|title=View: Why universal basic income isn't universal or basic\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/view-why-universal-basic-income-isnt-universal-or-basic/articleshow/58993518.cms\|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>, the biological poverty line is generally determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual, generally estimated at 2,400 calories. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>

	== Incidence ==		== Incidence ==

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	Even though there is no universally accepted deffinition for "basic needs"<ref>{{cite web\|title=View: Why universal basic income isn't universal or basic Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/58993518.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/view-why-universal-basic-income-isnt-universal-or-basic/articleshow/58993518.cms\|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>, the biological poverty line is generally determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual, generally estimated at 2,400 calories. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>		Even though there is no universally accepted deffinition for "basic needs"<ref>{{cite web\|title=View: Why universal basic income isn't universal or basic Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/58993518.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/view-why-universal-basic-income-isnt-universal-or-basic/articleshow/58993518.cms\|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>, the biological poverty line is generally determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual, generally estimated at 2,400 calories. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>

			== Incidence ==

			Biological poverty can still be found in the world's poorest countries. It can also be found in contemporary dictatorships.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Global Pulse: With outbreaks in violence, starvation & migration, the Venezuela crisis is worse\|url=https://theprint.in/global-pulse/global-pulse-violence-starvation-migration-venezuela-crisis-worse/34996/\|website=theprint.in\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Biological poverty is rare in the developed world.

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	Biological poverty is the type of poverty that refers to malnutrition and starvation. It could also refer to housing and clothing so inadequate that people suffer from exposure. Homeless people endure biological poverty.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sociology Mid Term Essay\|url=https://www.majortests.com/essay/Sociology-Mid-Term-590483.html\|website=majortests.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>		Biological poverty is the type of poverty that refers to malnutrition and starvation. It could also refer to housing and clothing so inadequate that people suffer from exposure. Homeless people endure biological poverty.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sociology Mid Term Essay\|url=https://www.majortests.com/essay/Sociology-Mid-Term-590483.html\|website=majortests.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>
	~~The~~ biological poverty line is determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>
	English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, basically concluding that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>		== Measurement ==

			Even though there is no universally accepted deffinition for "basic needs"<ref>{{cite web\|title=View: Why universal basic income isn't universal or basic Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/58993518.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/view-why-universal-basic-income-isnt-universal-or-basic/articleshow/58993518.cms\|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>, the biological poverty line is generally determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual, generally estimated at 2,400 calories. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>

			== Scholars' stances ==

			English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} (1766–1834) supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, basically concluding that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>
	On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>		On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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	Biological poverty is the type of poverty that refers to malnutrition and starvation. It could also refer to housing and clothing so inadequate that people suffer from exposure. Homeless people endure biological poverty.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sociology Mid Term Essay\|url=https://www.majortests.com/essay/Sociology-Mid-Term-590483.html\|website=majortests.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>		Biological poverty is the type of poverty that refers to malnutrition and starvation. It could also refer to housing and clothing so inadequate that people suffer from exposure. Homeless people endure biological poverty.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sociology Mid Term Essay\|url=https://www.majortests.com/essay/Sociology-Mid-Term-590483.html\|website=majortests.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>
	The biological poverty line is determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>		The biological poverty line is determined on the basis of the expenses to obtain the necessary amount of calories for the survival of an individual. It could be objectively determined taking into account the food consumption of households.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Neiland\|first1=Arthur E.\|last2=Béné\|first2=Christophe\|title=Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa\|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0hjvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22biological+poverty%22&source=bl&ots=p3lR2wrC92&sig=FSV1ynTYa0y5Hm5NSE6_8X9I6EY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjniJPDvoTbAhUIkpAKHacVC0EQ6AEIczAO#v=onepage&q=%22biological%20poverty%22&f=false}}</ref>
	English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, basically concluding that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>		English scholar {{w\|Thomas Robert Malthus}} supported basically an eternal misery law of biological poverty, basically concluding that whatever human progress is made in producing more food and other goods will always give a matching increase in population, so holding poverty steady always. According to Malthus, if food production is steady then population will be steady - though progress may tend to increase food production and give a matching growth in population that holds poverty steady.<ref name="World Poverty,">{{cite web\|title=World Poverty\|url=http://world-poverty.org/economicpoverty.htm\|website=world-poverty.org\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Malthus biological poverty is arguably right for primitive human societies, as it is for wild plants and animals. But certainly not for more modern human societies, nor for the domesticated plants and animals.<ref name="World Poverty,"/>
			On the contrary, Israeli historian {{w\|Yuval Noah Harari}} affirms that Humanity has finally achieved to pass the “biological poverty line”, meaning that, though famines still occur in some parts of the world, we are now able to feed an astonishingly large portion of the globe without putting a large amount of effort.<ref>{{cite web\|title=DIGESTED READ - Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari - Part 1\|url=https://steemit.com/til/@herverisson/digested-read-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari-part-1\|website=steemit.com\|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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	* [[Generational poverty]]		* [[Generational poverty]]
	* [[Absolute poverty]]		* [[Absolute poverty]]
	* [[relative poverty]]
	* [[Urban poverty]]		* [[Urban poverty]]
	* [[Rural poverty]]		* [[Rural poverty]]