What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?

Official poverty fell to 10.2% — so why does the better measure show almost no change?
The new poverty numbers are out, and the headline looks like good news: official poverty dropped to 10.2%, a third straight annual decline. But Justin Wolfers explains why that single statistic hides more than it reveals — and why the broader "supplemental" measure tells a very different story.
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