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poverty trap
noun
- the situation of being unable to escape poverty because of being dependent on state benefits, which are reduced by the same amount as any extra income gained
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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.
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“Breaking this poverty trap will help future generations avoid welfare programs altogether,†wrote Gaetz and others, including Reps.
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If there is any `trap’ in Africa, it is the `poverty trap.’â€
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As the former representative Paul Ryan put it, “There are nearly 100 programs at the federal level that are meant to help, but they have actually created a poverty trap.â€
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Throughout most of our history, however, our species was caught in a poverty trap.
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