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The US model does better for at least 85%, and in many cases 90%+

via Do We Care About Income Inequality, or Absolute Well-Being? HT:Filed under: politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality Tagged: living standards, poverty and inequality

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Did poverty increase after the 1996 US Federal welfare reforms?

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Everyone is at least 40% better off than 30 years ago and poverty has not...

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The futility of increasing the minimum wage to reduce poverty

Filed under: labour economics, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tagged: living wage, poverty and inequality, welfare state

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What happened when the rich got richer under capitalism?

Filed under: economic history Tagged: Deirdre McCloskey, poverty and inequality, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact, top 1%

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Only one line in this chart about India matters, ever

In #India poverty is falling very, very rapidly – while inequality is rising. More at: bit.ly/1KLT8Lh http://t.co/t5d1LQR4l0— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) April 27, 2015Filed under: applied welfare...

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Would a living wage reduce poverty in America?

Filed under: labour economics, minimum wage, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tagged: labour demographics, living wage, poverty and inequality

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Down and out in America is not having a smart phone and tablet

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How the welfare state reduces inequality

How Gov. transfers (more than Federal taxes) reduce inequality cbo.gov/publication/49… http://t.co/3dMObjsykL— Richard V. Reeves (@RichardvReeves) November 13, 2014Filed under: economic history, labour...

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The Great Escape = a big increase in life expectancy inequality

In 1800 the global average life expectancy was 32. Global health inequality was low – no country had over 40 years! http://t.co/BRpzvw9XJA— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 11, 2015 @MaxCRoser Now over the...

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The US model does better for at least 85%, and in many cases 90%+

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Did poverty increase after the 1996 US Federal welfare reforms?

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Everyone is at least 40% better off than 30 years ago and poverty has not...

via A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.Filed under: labour economics, poverty and inequality Tagged: poverty and inequality, The...

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The futility of increasing the minimum wage to reduce poverty

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What happened when the rich got richer under capitalism?

Filed under: economic history Tagged: Deirdre McCloskey, poverty and inequality, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact, top 1%

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Only one line in this chart about India matters, ever

In #India poverty is falling very, very rapidly – while inequality is rising. More at: bit.ly/1KLT8Lh http://t.co/t5d1LQR4l0— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) April 27, 2015Filed under: applied welfare...

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Would a living wage reduce poverty in America?

Filed under: labour economics, minimum wage, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tagged: labour demographics, living wage, poverty and inequality

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Down and out in America is not having a smart phone and tablet

via Broadband and smartphone adoption demographics | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.Filed under: economics of media and culture, poverty and inequality Tagged: poverty and...

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How the welfare state reduces inequality

How Gov. transfers (more than Federal taxes) reduce inequality cbo.gov/publication/49… http://t.co/3dMObjsykL— Richard V. Reeves (@RichardvReeves) November 13, 2014Filed under: economic history, labour...

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The Great Escape = a big increase in life expectancy inequality

In 1800 the global average life expectancy was 32. Global health inequality was low – no country had over 40 years! http://t.co/BRpzvw9XJA— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 11, 2015 @MaxCRoser Now over the...

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