For example, people can have non-immigrant visa in the U.S. (i.e., not citizens), but if they have an effective purchasing power, they will live a decent life while many American citizens, who have all the rights they need, but because they are in strict economic sense "surplus people" live without accommodation or assured means of feeding themselves or having their medical needs taken care of.
Moja ya sababu kubwa ni kutokuwepo kwa uwekezaji wa kutosha wa kuzigeuza rasilimali hizo kuwa bidhaa na huduma za kuuza katika soko na kuwapatia mapato wamiliki wake watakayoyatumia kuboresha hali zao za maisha. . Chukua, kwa mfano, mtu mwenye msitu mkubwa na mzuri anayetaka uwe shamba la kuzalisha mazao yatakayomwezesha kupata mapato yatakayosaidia kubadili maisha yake.