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Dec 26

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How these 2 Nobel winners are challenging popular economics

By Paul Solman

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Dec 10

How the economics Nobel laureates’ methods could help fight poverty in the U.S.

By Vincent Quan, Econofact

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer's experimental-based approach is being used to tackle poverty and other social issues in the U.S.

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Nov 21

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How these 2 economists are using randomized trials to solve global poverty

By Paul Solman

More than 700 million people across the globe live on extremely low wages. This year, a trio of economists won the Nobel Prize for their work on addressing global poverty, using randomized control trials to test and improve social policy.

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Oct 14

Nobel awarded to 3 economists for work to alleviate poverty

By David Keyton, Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press

The Nobel Economics Prize was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their studies on poverty. Duflo is the second woman to win the economics prize.

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Sep 17

A quarter of U.S. parents are unmarried, and that changes how much they spend on their kids

By Orestes 'Pat' Hastings, Daniel Schneider, The Conversation

Research shows family structure plays a role in how much parents spend on their children.

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Sep 10

Share of uninsured Americans rises for 1st time in a decade

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

An estimated 27.5 million people, 8.5% of the population, went without health insurance in 2018.

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Sep 05

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What 3 generations of a Filipino family prove about poverty and migration

For some families, ensuring economic stability requires a wrenching choice: to leave children behind and find work abroad. Author Jason DeParle has written a book, “A Good Provider is One Who Leaves,” that traces three generations of a single Filipino…

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Jul 23

How would Trump’s food stamp plan affect low-income Americans?

By Laura Santhanam

The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that could eliminate food stamp benefits for 3.1 million Americans if the change goes into effect.

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Jul 21

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Overlooked Americans: Scenes from the country’s back row

By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman

After nearly 20 years on Wall Street, Chris Arnade left his high-paying career to document Americans living on the margins. Traveling all over the country, he took photographs and wrote about the America that is overlooked. Christopher Booker recently spoke…

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Jul 08

Hiking minimum wage to $15 would boost millions, government report says

By Associated Press

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also said Monday some 1.3 million workers could lose their jobs with the higher wage.

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