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May 21, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube
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When people think of poverty in America, they tend to think of inner city neighborhoods or isolated rural communities. But today, suburbs are home to the largest and fastest growing poor population in the country. May 20, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone, CNNMoney.com
When people think of poverty in America, they tend to think of inner city neighborhoods or isolated rural communities. But today, suburbs are home to the largest and fastest growing poor population in the country.
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There are no national economies. There is no American economy. There is no China economy. Economies are, basically, networks of metropolitan economies added up. May 16, 2013, Bruce Katz, Houston Chronicle
There are no national economies. There is no American economy. There is no China economy. Economies are, basically, networks of metropolitan economies added up.
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May 15, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
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Suburbia is home to the largest and fastest growing poor population in the country and more than half of the metropolitan poor.
In their new book, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube offer anti-poverty strategies that work region-wide.
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Bruce Katz
Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
The Adeline M. and Alfred I. Johnson Chair in Urban and Metropolitan Policy
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Alan Berube
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
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Robert Puentes
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
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