The Human Cost of Welfare: How the System Hurts the People It's Supposed to Help
Autor Phil Harvey Cuvânt înainte de Jonathan Rauch Autor Lisa Conyersen Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 feb 2016 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781440845345
ISBN-10: 1440845344
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1440845344
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
Provides a variety of recommendations for welfare reform, such as creating wage subsidies for low-income workers, increasing apprenticeships, privatizing welfare, and fixing the Earned Income Tax Credit, among others
Notă biografică
Phil Harvey is the chief sponsor of the DKT Liberty Project, an advocacy group that raises awareness about liberty and freedom in the United States.Lisa Conyers is director of policy studies for the DKT Liberty Project, where she works on topics including welfare, inequality, and civil liberties.
Cuprins
Figures, Tables, and AppendicesForeword by Jonathan RauchAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Welfare Reforms Need ReformingPart I. The Welfare ConflictChapter 1. What Does Work Have to Do with Happiness?Chapter 2. The War Between Welfare and WorkPart II. The Counterproductive Qualifications for WelfareChapter 3. What Counts as PovertyChapter 4. Marriage, Childbearing, and Teen PregnancyPart III. Welfare Programs in Theory and in FactChapter 5. TANF: The Changing Face of Cash AssistanceChapter 6. A Housing System Leaves the Needy Out in the ColdChapter 7. Who Gets Food Stamps?Chapter 8. WIC: Missteps with Women and ChildrenChapter 9. How We Disable the DisabledChapter 10. Medicaid and the Affordable Care ActChapter 11. The Earned Income Tax Credit: Welfare Done (Almost) RightPart IV. Building Blocks for a Better Welfare SystemChapter 12. Patterns of Dependence and Independence: American Indians on Reservations, Barterers, and ImmigrantsChapter 13. What Should Be Done: From Incentives to Special Savings Accounts, Solutions Abound to Get Americans Back to WorkNotesBibliographyIndex
Recenzii
With its scores of original interviews and empathy for people who want to be in greater control of their lives and its sensible, workable reform agenda, The Human Cost of Welfare is a must-read for anyone interested in making government more accountable and improving the lives of the poorest Americans.
A refreshingly non-partisan dissection of the social safety net's unintended consequences. It may be hard to believe that a book discussing welfare policy can be described as a page-turner, but here it is.
This very readable book may stimulate some alternative approaches to making lives better.
A refreshingly non-partisan dissection of the social safety net's unintended consequences. It may be hard to believe that a book discussing welfare policy can be described as a page-turner, but here it is.
This very readable book may stimulate some alternative approaches to making lives better.