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cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. ... But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and
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in 2022, the theory was cited as explaining the economic predicament in the United Kingdom. Examples provided included the higher cost of renting compared to home ownership, higher interest rates for loans to impoverished people, the effects of food poverty on educational advancement, and healthcare
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The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the
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that people in poverty have to buy cheap and subpar products that need to be replaced repeatedly, proving more expensive in the long run than more expensive items. The term was coined by English fantasy writer Sir
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made reference to the theory in regard to purchasing items on credit, specifically regarding children's boots from the retailer
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In a 2020 discussion paper for the Social and Political Research Foundation, Sitara Srinivas used the theory to analyze how
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The theory has been cited with regard to analyses of the prices of boots, fuel prices, and economic conditions in the
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STITCHING A NEW NARRATIVE: ENGAGING WITH SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY
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List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
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Fashion in the Fairy Tale Tradition: What Cinderella Wore
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Sam Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness
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Index


economic theory
Terry Pratchett
Discworld
Men at Arms
Sam Vimes
Ankh-Morpork City Watch
United Kingdom
Discworld
Terry Pratchett
Sam Vimes
City Watch
Ankh-Morpork
Men at Arms
New Statesman
Robert Tressell
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
ConsumerAffairs
Fingerhut
fuel poverty in the United Kingdom
Office for National Statistics
direct debit
sustainable fashion
fast fashion
Tribune Magazine
Bulk purchasing
Cost of poverty
Circular cumulative causation
Cycle of poverty
Debtor's prison

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