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English
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6 episodes
since Oct. 17, 2016
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About 63 percent of Americans are working or looking for work, but what about the rest? And what measures might help boost job prospects for out-of-work Americans?Jared Bernstein and Michael Strain discuss the nation's labor participation rate and what it tells us about the health of the U.S. econo…

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The U.S. spends more per student than most of the world's industrialized nations, but our test scores on math and science are in the middle of the pack. Are we getting our money's worth in K-12 education? Helen Ladd and Martin West debate the question on this episode of Zeroing In, hosted by Aaron …
Health insurance premiums for individuals dropped by 10 percent during the first year of Obamacare. What does that number say about whether or not the Affordable Care Act is working? Don Taylor and Michael Cannon debate that question on this episode of Zeroing In, with host Aaron Chatterji. Taylor…
Violent crime is spiking in major U.S. cities after several decades of significant decline. What's behind that spike? Heather Mac Donald and Philip Cook debate that question on this episode of Zeroing In, with host Aaron Chatterji. Philip Cook is a professor at Duke University's Sanford School of …
The U.S. defense budget for 2015 was $597 billion, more than the next 14 nations combined. Is our country spending too much on defense or not? And are our dollars going to the right priorities? Peter Feaver and Lawrence Korb discuss those questions on this episode of Zeroing In, hosted by Aaron Cha…
Women earn 17 percent less per week than men, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Liz Ananat and Karin Agness debate the pay gap between men and women -- what it means, where it's worst, and what's driving it -- on this episode of Zeroing In: The Numbers Behind the 2016 Election, mode…
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