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A decent standard of living

Posted 10 weeks 4 days ago by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Frugal Living

Bench in an herb garden

There's little argument about the minimum a human needs to survive--we know how much water, food, and shelter keep body and soul together. But a certain level of comfort above that has always been considered necessary for a "decent" standard of living. Just how much space there is between necessity and decency, though, is a social construction, and society's opinion changes all the time.

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