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Why the United States Needs an Improved Measure of Poverty

U.S. Poverty, Cost of Living, Economic Mobility, U.S. Department of Commerce

Rebecca M. Blank, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the House Committee on Ways and Means

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