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The Forsaken Five Percent, the worst-off 5% of California's population, have an American HD Index score of 2.59.
Kristen Lewis: Which California Are You? Kristen Lewis 2011
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Freedom House lists the worst-off regions in the world as the Middle East and North Africa, noting allegations of fraud in Egypt's elections and the continued suppression of the opposition in Iran.
Report: Authoritarian Regimes Continue to Suppress World Freedom 2011
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In addition, the pension freeze will cut the real incomes of all but the worst-off pensioners in 2012.
Austerity bites in Italy – and leaves minister in tears 2011
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Her targeted credits help worthwhile programs and do more to target the worst-off, but in so doing, they create an essentially means-tested stimulus package that would require beneficiaries to prove their distress.
What happened to Obama-ism? Ezra Klein 2011
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Meanwhile, the gap between the best-off and worst-off Americans remained largely unchanged.
Income Slides to 1996 Levels Conor Dougherty 2011
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He also warned that although autumn and winter have been relatively mild so far, another cold snap – after 20% rises in heating bills – would hit the worst-off hard.
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John Rawls made a splash by arguing that we should imagine ourselves being born as the worst-off person in society.
Who is Rich?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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“John Rawls made a splash by arguing that we should imagine ourselves being born as the worst-off person in society.”
Who is Rich?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The government seems determined to make the worst-off pay for the mistakes of the richest, as these cuts bear down not just on the unemployed, but on the low-paid, the sick and the elderly.
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The worst-off graduates may be those from the classes of 2008 and 2009, according to Yale School of Management economist Lisa Kahn .
Generation Jobless: For Those Under 24, a Portrait in Crisis Joe Light 2011
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