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Episode 18: What You Should Know About Poverty in America

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The Dangers of Universal Basic Income

Life in the United States, even for the poor, is remarkably good. For a single person, the poverty line is $12,000 annual income. If you look at the world as a whole and adjust for differences in cost of living, that's almost the median household income. We'll be back next Wednesday at about noon with another one.

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