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Binders, Big Bird -- and food stamps?
Oct 29, 2012
If millions more Americans are relying on food stamps, does that mean the program is working or failing?
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Two small businessmen, two views on taxes
Oct 24, 2012
Business owners share friendship and a passion for dirt bikes, but are far apart when it comes to taxes and politics.
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Ryan says private sector key to ending high poverty
Oct 24, 2012
VP candidate says businesses can grow jobs and private donations can displace the safety net.
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Leslie Michelson: Doctor to the 1%?
Oct 19, 2012
The very wealthy have access to lots of things most of us don't -- that's just the way it goes. But what about when it's a matter or life or death?
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Target replaces and remakes old Chicago housing project
Oct 19, 2012
Target broke ground on a new Chicago location this week, at the site of the former Cabrini-Green housing project.
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Will social security increase offset retiree costs?
Oct 16, 2012
Seniors wonder whether 1.7 percent hike next year will be enough to cover fast-rising health care expenses.
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South L.A. has mixed feelings about shuttle route
Oct 11, 2012
Organizers say Endeavour's road trip through the neighborhood is an event; some locals and business owners say it's an inconvenience.
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Tough Choices: How the poor spend money
Oct 5, 2012
Three families living around the poverty line in San Diego tell Marketplace Money what it means to spend money when you don't have a whole lot of it.
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Could you live off of $438 a week?
Oct 5, 2012
The poverty threshold for a family of four was $22,811 last year according to Census data. Do you think you could survive on just $1,900 per month? Try our interactive poverty simulation to find out.
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The psychology of poverty
Oct 5, 2012
One Harvard professor says being poor not only impacts people financially, but mentally as well
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