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  • Disappointing Numbers on Income and Poverty: What's Wrong With This Story?

    September 17, 2012, Gary Burtless

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    October 25, 2011, Gary Burtless

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    February 13, 2007, Gary Burtless and Timothy M. Smeeding

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    January 11, 2007, Gary Burtless

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    March 30, 2004, Gary Burtless

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    Winter 1999, Gary Burtless

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