Mr Duncan Smith and the Centre for Social Justice, the think-tank he founded, wish to encourage this perspective. The poverty of a household trapped by drug addiction will probably not be eliminated by extra income. Poverty as exclusion from ordinary life may be caused by weak parenting skills, debt from financial incompetence or mental health problems. On the positive side, employment and family life are the most powerful forces of social inclusion.

邓肯·史密斯和他创立的智囊机构社会公平中心(Centre for Social Justice)希望鼓励这种看法。因吸毒而陷入贫困的家庭，即便收入增加可能也无法摆脱贫困。被隔绝在社会正常生活之外的那种贫困，原因可能包括父母管教无方，生活拮据导致欠债，或是精神问题。从积极的方面来看，工作和家庭是推动人们融入社会的最佳方式。

These arguments lead too quickly to the view of poverty traditionally espoused by the well-to-do: poverty is the result of the moral failings of the poor and to assist them will only aggravate their plight. Sadly, policies to alleviate poverty cost money, but understanding the multiple facets of poverty is a necessary guide to how that money is best spent.

这些论断很容易让人得出这样的结论：贫困是穷人道德沦丧引起的，帮助穷人只会加剧他们的厄运。这也是传统上富人所秉持的观点。不幸的是，扶贫政策需要钱，但要合理地支配扶贫资金，必须对贫困有一个全面的理解。

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