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September 12, 2023

Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement

…New Census Income and Poverty Estimates for 2022 Panelists: Angela Rachidi, Rowe Scholar, AEI Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, AEI Scott Winship, Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, AEI Moderator:…

June 21, 2023

The Bad Math Behind Economic Doomerism

…Cost-of-Thriving Index (COTI). The index takes the combined cost of five essential goods and services—groceries, transportation, housing, health insurance, and higher education—and divides it by the median weekly earnings of…

May 5, 2023

Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription

…claim sets the poverty line at half of the median income in each country. Because the U.S. has among the highest median incomes in the world, such relative poverty measures…