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John Ydstie, In The Second Part Of His Series On The Income Gap

NPR
Published February 28, 1996 at 12:00 AM EST

in America, reports that cultural changes, especially in the role of women, are helping to widen the difference between families at the top and bottom of America's income ladder.

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