The Long Slow Decent Into Poverty

An interesting post on the differences between "ordinary human poverty" and "absolute squalor", and how the majority of us are heading towards one of them. Between a collapsing economy, peak oil and climate change, we're well on our way.

http://sharonastyk.com/2008/09/24/ordinary-human-poverty/

Got the link through The Pain, which has an interesting take on it.