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PBS NewsHour | Parsing the Census Numbers on Income, Poverty and Insurance | PBS

Duration: 06:17
Program: PBS NewsHour #10453
Broadcast Date: Sep. 12, 2012

Newly released census data paints a mixed picture of America's economy. The poverty rate remained stagnant. Wage gains have fallen below the level of inflation. And income inequality is at its highest in decades. Margaret Warner talks to New York Times' David Leonhardt to parse the numbers on income, poverty, and health care.

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Post Date: September 12, 2012