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Relying on rapid market-income growth alone is not a viable long-term strategy for reducing poverty.
Their wordsThat could not be sustained, and relying on this level of income growth persisting would not have been a viable poverty reduction strategy.
Their wordsSo I continue to think the safety net programs rolled out post-1963 were both beneficial in terms of poverty (which Burkhauser and Corinth document) and probably necessary for continued improvements.
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