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What’s Wrong with the Poverty Numbers

Last fall the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty in the United States. The report indicated that the number of people below the official poverty line had risen from 32.9 million in 2001 to 34.6 million in 2002. Worse, the official poverty rate had risen from 11.7 percent in 2001 to 12.1 [...]

1Apr2004 | Robert P. Murphy | 1 comment | Continued
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