Mark Salay
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Let's do the numbers: Halloween edition
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Mark Salay
Oct 9, 2017
Halloween spending is expected to hit a record $9.1 billion this year.
Facebook is fighting "fake news" but raising more questions than it answers (updated)
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Mark Salay
Sep 21, 2017
How effective are the platform's methods?
When in prison, the costs are steep and the pay is close to nothing
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Mark Salay
Aug 21, 2017
Data compiled by the Prison Policy Initiative shows that the average incarcerated worker in state and federal prison now earns 86 cents per day, a 7 cent decrease from 2001 when inmates earned 93 cents for a day’s work.
Would a Mexican-U.S. border wall help or hurt the economy?
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Mark Salay
May 1, 2017
In our latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll, we asked Americans how they felt about President Trump's border wall, and other stances on immigration.