New data is starting to shed fresh light on some of the dramatic disparities and difficulties facing this engine of the American economy. Research out of the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in. St. Louis found that small business owners were in fact two to three times more likely to have a personal financial hardship in the last two years. Not only did the personal savings of these households plummet, many were unable to pay basic bills and often faced food shortages.

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