Topics: Economics and Personal Finances, Socioeconomic Class. 1  Richard Fry is a senior researcher focusing on economics and education at Pew Research Center. 2  Rakesh Kochhar is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
In the United States, the Census Bureau determines who is poor using an economic poverty measure, by calculating official poverty estimates using a set of dollar-value thresholds, or minimum amount of income needed to meet basic needs, that vary by family size and composition.
Work colleagues, who I expect more from, make me unhappy. I worry that lowering expectations is not a good outcome for the company, but if this improves my happiness and if senior management are tolerant of lower performance then perhaps I should also be tolerant. my next dilemma is how to lower expectations.