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Darren Walker has spent much of his life fighting inequality. From humble beginnings in rural Texas, he went on to lead one ...
The decline in religiosity over the past 15 years is twice as great as the decline in 1960s and 1970s. An update through 2013 is now available here. Religiosity in the United States is in the midst of ...
The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...
Colorado’s special legislative session resumed Monday as lawmakers work to address a nearly $800 million budget shortfall and to solve a more protracted, muddy debate about the state’s artificial ...
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The largest economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia – a diverse archipelago nation of more than 300 ethnic groups – has charted impressive economic growth since overcoming the Asian financial crisis of ...
Peter Gratton, M.A.P.P., Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex ...