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Freakanomics Radio: Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids?
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Douglas Besharov, Neil Gilbert
Sept 17, 2021
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Freakonomics Radio
Resources
- “Marriage Penalties in the Modern Social Welfare State,” by Douglas J. Besharov and Neil Gilbert (R Street, 2015).
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