• Sunday, February 19, 2012
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Poverty, Reconsidered

Ever since economists started trying to keep tabs on poverty, they've done so by measuring income. But what if that's the wrong way of going about things? A new formula could offer a way out, as one of its creators explains. Click here to download this recording.

(Related story: The Actual Needs of the Needy)

Tom Bartlett, a senior writer with The Chronicle, and Brock Read, a senior Web producer, take an occasional look at ideas and how they happen. Watch for new episodes periodically.

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