Wealth, poverty, and inequality are all something measured in comparison to someone else or something else. These three qualities can define nations or groups of people with in that nation. Wealth is something that is strived for and along with wealth comes many more benefits that less fortunate people may never have like the life chances discussed in chapter 8 such as food, clothing, shelter, education and health care. As one area of the world is compared to another we began to see great differences in wealth and poverty which creates a sort of unequal balance of power and opportunity across the globe. Someone who is living in poverty on one country may be living rather well in another. Poverty and wealth are complete opposites and perhaps
