Thomas Sowell on Economic Facts and Fallacies
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The Paradox of Black Poverty Rates
Poverty rates fall through the 70s and 80s and 90s if you hold family structure constants. The problem is that the proportion of all families that are single women with kids explodes over that period. It's a paradox statistically for people but I suspect that's part of what's going on in the black numbers.
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