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October 21, 2025
Reliability of Government Data Often Requires Asterisks, a Hazard That Predates Liberal Gripes About Trump Manipulating Statistics
…Republicans dubbed a “liberal wish list,” the Ways and Means Committee’s chairman, Congressman Richard Neal said in June 2020 that “more than 42 million are out of work.” That figure was apparently…
October 17, 2023
Understanding Poverty Measurement
…in the United States. Angela Rachidi began by exploring the meaning of poverty, outlining the most fundamental decisions in measuring it and describing how different measures address those decisions. Richard…
September 12, 2023
Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement
…Kevin Corinth, Deputy Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, AEI 12:00 p.m. Q&A 12:15 p.m. Lunch 12:30 p.m. Presentation 1: The History of Poverty Measurement Presenter: Richard Burkhauser, Nonresident Senior…
July 2, 2021
Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure
Key Points The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) partly improves on the Official Poverty Measure but still suffers from several shortcomings that limit its usefulness as an effective poverty measure. The…