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American Povery Rate Halved After WWII

That’s what happened from 1949 to 1961. We didn’t know it at the time, but the numbers have been calculated retrospectively, using the 1950 census to determine the poverty rate in 1949—it was 41 percent. In President Kennedy’s first year in office, 1961, it was 21 percent.

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WBH Weekly Digest 2023-07-21: Hand-drawn

WBH Weekly Digest 2023-07-21: Hand-drawn

Yes, it has been two weeks, but I insist it is still a weekly digest. The Courageous Life and Death of Rick Rescorla, a 9/11 HeroThe Vietnam veteran helped save hundreds of lives on September 11th, before he was swallowed by the South Tower collapse. “For Rick Rescorla, this

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Linkfest 2022-06-10: S-curves

FreakTakes: When do ideas get easier to find? Last week I said that I’m convinced that the progress of technology usually follows an S-curve. This is a good illustration of what I mean. If you pick your metrics right, you can make a story of linear progress on the

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