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In April 1964, when Lyndon Johnson sought to rally public support for his new War on Poverty, he did it while sitting on a pile of two-by-fours on a front porch in Inez, Ky., helping to establish the Appalachian South as a national symbol of economic deprivation. And so it was fitting that John Edwards, announcing his candidacy for president at the

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    June 8, 2007, 11:47 p.m.

    This is a long-format article appearing in this weekend's NY Times Magazine. But you'll find a recent history economic heory about the causes of the rising disparity between rich and poor, along with Edwards' ideas about poverty, how to solve the problem, and the Fed's role are explored to a fair degree of depth.

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