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Pressman, Steven; Scott, Robert H. - In: Journal of Economic Issues 43 (2009) 2, pp. 423-432

measure poverty. We estimated 4 million additional poor Americans in 2007, calling them "debt poor." This paper finds that the … living standard below their poverty threshold. …

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Robert Heilbroner and the Growing Concern with Poverty in the US

Pressman, Steven - In: Forum for Social Economics 37 (2008) 2, pp. 77-83

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The basic income guarantee and social economics

Lewis, Michael; Pressman, Steven; Widerquist, Karl - In: Review of Social Economy 63 (2005) 4, pp. 587-593

This article introduces the Review of Social Economy symposium on the basic income guarantee (BIG). It argues that there are several ways in which the BIG is consistent with social economics. First, the BIG is an attempt to meet the minimum material needs of US citizens and contribute to the...

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The lasting economic contributions of John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006

Dunn, Stephen P.; Pressman, Steven - In: Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 29 (2007) 2, pp. 179-190

automatically forthcoming and mitigate macroeconomic problems such as financial instability, unemployment, inflation, and poverty. …

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Household Debt and Income Distribution

Scott, Robert; Pressman, Steven - In: Journal of Economic Issues 47 (2013) 2, pp. 323-332

Our previous work argued that the official U.S. poverty definition is flawed because it ignores interest paid on … argues that what is true of poverty is likewise true of income inequality indices, such as the gini coefficient and the …

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Consumer Debt and the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality in the US*

Pressman, Steven; Scott, Robert - In: Review of Social Economy 67 (2009) 2, pp. 127-148

This paper argues that interest on consumer debt must be taken into account when measuring poverty and inequality … conventional government statistics. Using the Survey of Consumer Finances, we make estimates of poverty and inequality that take …

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