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Derek Thompson - Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for the website.
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He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Derek has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.
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This Picture Is Why Young Women Earn More Than Young Men

By Derek Thompson

Sep 8 2010, 11:08 AM ET Comment

Education attainment chart.


Young women earn more than young men because they get more schoolin'. But they earn less than comparably schooled men. Slate's Heather Boushey has the story.


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