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Income Chasm Growing in Massachusetts
by Andy Sywak 08/15/2008
Mirroring a national trend, the income gap is increasing in the Bay State. From the Boston Globe article:
"The gap between rich and poor has widened substantially in Massachusetts over the past two decades, according to a new study by the University of Massachusetts. Only those earning the highest incomes benefited from gains in technology, productivity, and globalization, while middle-class earnings stagnated and incomes for poor families plunged 15 percent."
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