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What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?

2026-09-21 · 26 min · 16 entities

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    Link in episode "What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?": https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/

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  • discusses Education concept
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Education
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  • discusses Social Sciences concept
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  • mentioned Courses website
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    Link in episode "What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?": https://youtube.com/platypuseconomics
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?": https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/
  • discusses Courses website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Courses
  • references Platypuseconomics website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?": https://youtube.com/platypuseconomics
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?": https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/

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  • mentioned Justin Wolfers person
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  • hosted by Justin Wolfers person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed author/publisher: Justin Wolfers
  • hosted by Platypus Economics person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed author/publisher: Platypus Economics
Episode description as stored
Official poverty fell to 10.2% — so why does the better measure show almost no change? The new poverty numbers are out, and the headline looks like good news: official poverty dropped to 10.2%, a third straight annual decline. But Justin Wolfers explains why that single statistic hides more than it reveals — and why the broader "supplemental" measure tells a very different story. Subscribe: on YouTube 👉 https://youtube.com/platypuseconomics on Substack 👉 https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com on Apple Podcasts 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/platypus-economics-with-justin-wolfers/id1523898793 on Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/4sOVMPFJmCROADLMDdDwjs Follow on Social Media @PlatypusEconomics and @JustinWolfers