...as "not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for...people, even of the lowest order, to be without." But while the material living standard of people as well as expectations about it were rising in the...

...Adam Smith equates poverty with a lack of necessities where these are denned as 'whatever the custom renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without' (Smith [1776], 1976, p. 351). One of the modern pioneers of poverty research, Peter Townsend, similarly...

...indispensably necessary for the support of life'. TAX POLICY AND REFORM wrote Adam Smith. 'but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even at the lowest order, to be without.'7 As the general wealth of society advances, the number of these...

...understand not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but what ever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even the lowest order, to be without. A linen shirt, for example, is, strictly speaking, not a necessary...

...understand not only the commodities which are mdispensably necessary tor the support of lite, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even the lowest order, to be without. A linen shirt, lor example, is. stricdy speaking, not a necessary...

...direct tax on the wages of labour, and a tax on those commodities which, to use the words of Dr Smith, are not only indispensably necessary for the support...latter is partly, because it must raise wages, a tax on profits, and partly, because every person is a consumer of necessaries, a tax on consumers generally,...

...understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for...people, even of the lowest order, to be without." He used the word comfortably to explain how linen shirts could be a decency in contemporary Europe...

...understand not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for...creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without. — Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations ANY NEW definition of poverty in America must be a reflection of...

...consume "not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without."3 More recently, Peter Townsend observed that people are social beings who assume many roles...

...commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of a country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without. iSmith 1812) Thus, in the Scotland of his day. Adam Smith included as necessities such items as a pair...