Disproportionate Impact of Energy Costs
Imagine two households, one with a high income and one with a low income, that both experience a 50% increase in their electricity and fuel costs. Explain why the low-income household's ability to purchase other goods and services is likely to be more severely affected than the high-income household's, even if their nominal wages remain the same.
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