Senior Fellow and Director of Poverty Studies
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Conservative economist analyzing poverty trends
The Census Bureau announced on September 9, 2025 that poverty fell to 10.6% in 2024—the lowest in years and proof, officials said, that the economy was lifting Americans up. But buried in the same report: a different poverty measure showed 12.9% of Americans struggling, with no improvement at all, same country, same year, two completely different stories about who's hurting.
Updated May 20
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