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March 11, 2010, 5:03 pm
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)
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