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Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity from the Survey of Consumer Finances
Janet L. Yellen
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2016, 2 (2) 44-59; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.2.02
Janet L. Yellen
aChair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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