This classic book serves as a starting point for any serious discussion of welfare reform. Losing Ground argues that the
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English Pages xx, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Year 2008;2015
Table of contents :
A generous revolution. The Kennedy transition --
"The system is to blame" --
Implementing the elite wisdom --
Being poor, being Black : 1950-1980. Poverty --
Employment --
Wages and occupations --
Education --
Crime --
The family --
The view from 1966 --
Interpreting the data. The social scientists and the great experiment --
Incentives to fail I : maximizing short-term gains --
Incentives to fail II : crime and education --
The destruction of statues rewards --
Rethinking social policy. What do we want to accomplish? --
The constraints on helping --
Choosing a future.