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Do Federal Social Programs Work?

Autor David B. Muhlhausen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 apr 2013 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Addressing an issue of burning interest to every taxpayer, a Heritage Foundation scholar brings objective analysis to bear as he responds to the important-and provocative-question posed by his book's title.Of course, the answer to that question will also help determine whether the American public should fear budget cuts to federal social programs. Readers, says author David B. Muhlhausen, can rest easy. As his book decisively demonstrates, scientifically rigorous national studies almost unanimously find that the federal government fails to solve social problems. To prove his point, Muhlhausen reports on large-scale evaluations of social programs for children, families, and workers, some advocated by Democrats, some by Republicans. But it isn't just the results that matter. It's the lesson to readers on how Americans can-and should-accurately assess government programs that cost hundreds of billions of dollars each year.At the book's core is an insistence that we move beyond anecdotal reasoning and often-partisan opinion to measure the effectiveness of social programs using objective analysis and scientific methods. At the very least, the results of such analysis will, like this book, provide a sound basis for much-needed public debate.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781440828034
ISBN-10: 1440828032
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: 10
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

David B. Muhlhausen, PhD, is Research Fellow in Empirical Policy Analysis at the Heritage Foundation, a think tank in Washington, DC.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments1. Introduction2. Budget Crisis3. Assessing Effectiveness: The Problem of Selection4. Children and Families5. Workers6. The Way ForwardAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

A provocative work on an important public policy issue. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.