U.S. $2 a Day Poverty in a Global Context: Five Questions Answered
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U.S. $2 a Day Poverty in a Global Context: Five Questions Answered
Recent studies by Thomas Piketty and others have told us a lot more about income among the richest 1 percent in America. But doing the same for America’s poorest is a much murkier proposition. Laurence Chandy and Cory Smith weigh in on five key questions raised by his latest research.
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$2 a day? Inside the fight to define extreme poverty in America.
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