You are required to read the following report by the Census Bureau. It discusses how they measure
poverty and who is poor and for how long. To access the report click here.
I will give you 10 extra credit points if you read the press release
from the Census Bureau. It briefly describes the socioeconomic
status of the United States in 1995.
I will give you 10 extra credit points for reading
Noam Chomsky's essay
on the "free market."
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