Jordan Weissmann
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Reuters Can Uncle Sam Sell Americans on Marriage?
Conservatives think encouraging matrimony is the key to fighting poverty. Problem is, nobody knows how to do it.
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New Line Cinema Medicare Is Grievously Overpaying for Penis Pumps
And yes, there's a public policy lesson in this.
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Reuters The Company That Botched Obamacare's Website Is Getting Replaced
A small sliver of sanity in the world of government contracting.
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Reuters The 2013 Employment Story: Yet Another Year of McJob Growth
The recession devastated industries like construction and manufacturing that paid middle-class wages. This year, like last, we continued replacing them with service jobs.
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Reuters No, the 'College Bubble' Isn't Popping
And it's not a bubble, to begin with.
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Shutterstock/The Everett Collection The Poverty Line Was Designed Assuming Every Family Had a Housewife Who Was a 'Skillful Cook'
Consider this a lesson about taking statistics at face value.
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Reuters Not Just a Southern Thing: The Changing Geography of American Poverty
Thirty years ago, the states with the deepest poverty were all clustered in dixie. But the rest of the country has been playing catchup.
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Reuters Why You Should Forget About the Poverty Rate
According to the the official poverty measure, the U.S. has barely made a dent in eliminating economic deprivation since the days of LBJ. But remember: There are lies, damn lies, and outdated statistics.
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Reuters Here's Exactly How Much the Government Would Have to Spend to Make Public College Tuition-Free
And the grand total is...
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Reuters Should Your Minimum Wage Depend on Your Age?
That's how they do it in Australia. Could it work here?
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www.wjm2234.com The Devious Ad Campaign That Convinced America Coffee Was Bad for Kids
In the early 20th century, C.W. Post made a fortune selling his caffeine-free coffee substitute with pseudoscience.
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Reuters Why Gold Would Be Useless in an Economic Apocalypse
Seriously, stick with the canned goods.
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Reuters American Inequality, Christmas-Gift Edition
A short reminder that some families get priced out of the holiday spirit.
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Animal New York Macy's Has a Secret Black Santa
Otherwise known as "special Santa."
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Reuters Would Increasing the Minimum Wage Create Jobs?
A few liberals say so. But even if they're right, the effect would be small and short-lived.
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Reuters Is an MBA Bubble Popping?
Surveys show declining pay and shrinking job opportunities for business grads, even as the rest of the job market keeps healing.
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Reuters The South Is America's High-School Dropout Factory
America's educational attainment, mapped.
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Reuters This Chart Blows Up the Myth of the Welfare Queen
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows us the frugal reality of life on the social safety net.
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The Insane Amount of Gas Americans Burn Compared to the Rest of the World
The typical American consumes more fuel, on average, than three Germans.
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Reuters Should We Raise the Minimum Wage? 11 Questions and Answers
Who earns it? Does it help the poor? Does it really kill jobs? Those issues, and more.
