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August 2, 2023
Measuring Social Capital: Can We Tell If Some Places Are Richer in Social Capital Than Others?
…in the lowest decile of social capital—Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Florida, and Arizona—consistently rank below the median on each subindex,[3] suggesting that each subindex captures related features of social capital. Similarly,…
June 22, 2023
The Cost of Thriving Has Fallen: Correcting and Rejecting the American Compass Cost-of-Thriving Index
…purchase in 1985. For 2022, Cass’s answer to that question is a strong “no”: It would take more weeks than there are in a year for the median man to…
July 2, 2021
Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure
…Index for All Urban Consumers each year, and a relative measure should update thresholds by the same percentage at which median income changes each year. Remove geographic adjustments from the…