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    The Washington Post: By The Numbers

    On August 5, The Washington Post, which had been owned by the Graham family for 80 years, was sold to the billionaire founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos for $250 million in cash. Along with The Post, Bezos also bought the free tabloid, The Express, the weekly Spanish-language newspaper El Tiempo Latino, The Gazette chain of […]

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    Newsweek By the Numbers

    After a few very difficult years, Newsweek magazine, which sold for $1 three years ago, may be up for sale again. A Pew Research Center analysis of news magazine economics in the past half dozen years finds that in a difficult period for newsweeklies in general, the turmoil and decline at Newsweek has been particularly noteworthy.

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    A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93%

    During the first two years of the nation’s economic recovery, the mean net worth of households in the upper 7% of the wealth distribution rose by an estimated 28%, while the mean net worth of households in the lower 93% dropped by 4%, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly released Census Bureau […]

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    Public Attitudes Toward the Next Social Contract

    Recent deliberations in Washington have triggered a national debate about key elements of the social safety net. Why the U.S. invests relatively less in its social safety net than many other countries reflect Americans’ conflicted, partisan and often contradictory views on fairness, inequality, the role and responsibility of government and individuals in society and the efficacy of government action.

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    The U.S. Fiscal Cliff Redux

    At the turn of the year the United States avoided careening over a fiscal cliff – which would have triggered recession-inducing automatic tax increases and spending cuts – by passing legislation that raised some taxes, but did little to cut spending.

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    Appendix A: Data Source and Methodology

    The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It is designed to provide detailed information on the finances of U.S. households. Bricker et al. (2012) serves as useful introduction to the specifics of the SCF. Household income refers to the household’s […]

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    Overview of Same-Sex Marriage in the United States

    Across the U.S., a fierce debate is taking place between those who hope all gays and lesbians will soon have the right to marry and those who believe that same-sex marriage is helping to undermine heterosexual marriage. Read about the history and current status of the same-sex marriage debate.

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    Chapter 7: Income and Wealth, by Income Tier

    Overview This chapter examines trends in the well-being of lower-, middle- and upper-income groups through the prisms of income and wealth.[38. numoffset=”38″ The trends in income in this report are based on pre-tax household income reported in the Current Population Survey. Some researchers have amended the data to account for non-cash benefits, tax transfers and […]

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    Appendix 2: Methodology

    Fertility Data Birth data were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). NCHS birth statistics for 2009 are preliminary and include 99.95% of all births in that year. Birth statistics for 2010 are provisional. Vintage 2009 population estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau were used in calculating birth rates. Birth rates are […]

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    Chapter 3: Net Worth by Type of Asset

    The net worth of a household depends on the types of assets it owns, the value of those assets and the claims on those assets. For example, the typical American household owns a home. The market price of that home determines its value but it may have a claim against it in the form of […]

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