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Free Public College in New York for Eligible Families

Predicting Consequences New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed and on Wednesday signed legislation to make tuition free at New York public colleges for anybody coming from a family making no more than $100,000 a year, with the cap rising to $125,000 in 2019. —The New York Times (April 14, 2017). Will Gov. Cuomo’s initiative increase...
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State Fair Inflation

Same Price . . . For Less?? At first glance, prices at the 2011 Minnesota state fair appear unchanged:  the sign at the cheese curds stand says “Still $5!,” and tickets on the midway are the same as last year, 75¢ apiece. The catch? The cheese curds container got smaller (at least to my eye),...
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