Poverty is the Natural State

"Ghettos are the same all over the world. They stink."
--Williams (Enter the Dragon)

Sage insight by Prof Bylund. People asking about the causes of poverty are asking the wrong question. Because scarcity is the default condition of the world, poverty is man's natural starting point.

What causes #poverty? Nothing. It's the original state, the default and starting point. The real question is, What causes #prosperity?

— Per Bylund (@PerBylund) November 15, 2015

Prosperity is the alleviation of poverty. The more salient question is what causes, and advances, prosperity?