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Drew Cline: How Government Creates Poverty
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What effect do government licensing and regulations have on poverty? What do three Nobel-winning economists have to do with the NH Advantage?

Drew Cline, Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, and host Jeff Chidester discuss these questions and more.

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