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GAO REPORT: ACHIEVING AMERICAN DREAM HARDER FOR MILLENIALS, RACIAL DISPARITIES DIMINISHING ECONOMIC MOBILITY

[Economy\GAO Report]
According to GAO, millennials had an estimated median net worth of $20,038 in 2016 dollars, $11,202 less than the average net worth of Generation Xers when they were 25 to 34 years old—a 36-percent decline over 15 years… Black families experience less upward economic mobility from one generation to the next than white families.
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NY REP. OCASIO-CORTEZ AND VERMONT SENATOR SANDERS: “DECEITFUL” “IMMORAL” PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY SHOULD BE DENIED HIV DRUG PATENT EXTENTION

[Health\Big Pharma\HIV Drugs]
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez: HIV drug Descovy, “if manufactured generically could quickly and affordably reach hundreds of thousands of Americans.” If the government extends Gilead’s patent, however, the corporation could use this monopoly to charge several thousand times more for the same compound, putting it out of reach for untold numbers of Americans…”
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