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Media Mention Dec 21, 2021

Advance Market Commitments Worked for Vaccines. They Could Work for Carbon Removal, Too.

POLITICO; Rachel Glennerster
Topics:  Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention Nov 18, 2021

Is therapy the best way to make the world happier?

Vox; Chris Blattman
Topics:  Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention Oct 8, 2021

Child Tax Credit sparks debate: Should it have a work requirement?

CBS News; Bruce Meyer
Topics:  Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention Sep 21, 2021

On welfare reform’s 25th anniversary, how are single-mom families faring?

Deseret News; Bruce Meyer
Topics:  Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention Sep 15, 2021

The U.S. Is Winning the War on Poverty

New York Times; Bruce Meyer
Topics:  Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention Sep 14, 2021

U.S. Poverty Rate Rose From 60-Year Low, Incomes Fell Amid Virus

Bloomberg; Bruce Meyer
Topics:  COVID-19, Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention Sep 14, 2021

Poverty went up in 2020, but stimulus checks and beefed up unemployment benefits were a lifeline for millions of Americans

Insider; Bruce Meyer
Topics:  COVID-19, Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention Sep 14, 2021

Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crash

Associated Press; Bruce Meyer
Topics:  COVID-19, Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention Sep 13, 2021

We Need to Change How We Measure Poverty

RealClearPolicy; Bruce Meyer
Topics:  Economic Mobility & Poverty, COVID-19