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Thomas Sowell on Economic Facts and Fallacies

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The Effects of Marriage and Childbearing Age on Blacks

The percentage of blacks who were in poverty declined from 87% back in 1940 to a 47% in 1960. The long term trend of blacks in poverty was down and continued through the 60s but it wasn't accelerated at all. And after about 1970 it wasn't accelerating even worth talking about.

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