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NDN Releases New Report on Income Gains

Washington, DC
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Dr. Rob Shapiro, Chair of the Globalization Initiative at NDN, releases a new report on Income Gains over the past four decades, which found that Americans experienced income growth from the 1970s until 2000, but the saw a tapering off.

He is joined by Edward Luce, Washington Bureau Chief of The Financial Times, for a discussion on the report, moderated by Simon Rosenberg, President and Founder of NDN.

NDN, formerly the New Democratic Network, is a progressive think tank and policy organization.

Updated: Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 1:52pm (ET)

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