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<eva> I highly recommend this read, if you haven't seen it yet, on why it's so expensive to be poor
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<eva> this is United States-focused, but the same principles hold true worldwide
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<scott> John Oliver recently included some additional “It’s expensive to be poor” content with his recent piece on public defenders, as well
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<eva> yes!
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<eva> I loved that
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<eva> anything that helps make it more accessible for people to understand
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<eva> I think it's hard to have empathy when you don't understand the scope of it
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<eva> constantly thinking about ways to bridge empathy gaps
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<dzham> The rich and the poor always overpay for things.
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<eva> that may be true, but let's say the rich + poor both pay 15% for a service. For a poor person, that's 15% of 2 dollars. For a rich person, that's still 15 percent of their income, but it's such a small margin in terms of impacting their quality of life.
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<eva> so, it's a far more meaningful "paying more"
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<dzham> Exactly. The rich have more time than money, so they don’t mind paying extra for saving some time. The poor doesn’t have enough money to benefit from economies of scale. No big pack savings. You can’t really plan your spending if your living hand to mouth.
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<dzham> The Philippines is a perfect example of that. For the majority of the people it’s a sachet economy. Everything can be bought in a sachet.
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<dzham> I bought peanuts yesterday from a small store in the neighborhood.. in 0.2 oz packs.