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Charts of the week: Labor force participation, who would pay more taxes, where the robots are

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Who is out of the labor force?

In 2016, 16 million prime-age women and seven million prime-age men were not working or seeking work. In a new report, the Hamilton Project explores the reasons why so many prime working age adults are not in the workforce.

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Cutting taxes and making future Americans pay for it

Experts from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center examine three methods the Trump administration could use to fund proposed tax cuts and find that many middle and low-income American households could suffer the most.es_20170814_galefigure-1

Where America’s robots are

Automation, like many other economic trends, will not occur in the same way everywhere. In a post on The Avenue, Mark Muro charts the distribution of industrial robots across America.Map: Where the robots are

Allison Branca contributed to this post.

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