A new study on reducing poverty used data from millions of Facebook accounts to measure the “economic connectedness” in the U.S. NBC News’ Joshua Johnson is joined by Stanford economics professor Matthew Jackson to break down the elements for a successful economic connection and how some communities fall short.
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