Why is the welfare system failing to work for so many people? This book examines the problems with the current welfare system and proposes reforms to create a smarter, smaller system that helps people improve their lives through rewarding work.
Figures, Tables, and Appendices
Foreword by Jonathan Rauch
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Welfare Reforms Need Reforming
Part I. The Welfare Conflict
Chapter 1. What Does Work Have to Do with Happiness?
Chapter 2. The War Between Welfare and Work
Part II. The Counterproductive Qualifications for
Welfare
Chapter 3. What Counts as Poverty
Chapter 4. Marriage, Childbearing, and Teen Pregnancy
Part III. Welfare Programs in Theory and in Fact
Chapter 5. TANF: The Changing Face of Cash Assistance
Chapter 6. A Housing System Leaves the Needy Out in the Cold
Chapter 7. Who Gets Food Stamps?
Chapter 8. WIC: Missteps with Women and Children
Chapter 9. How We Disable the Disabled
Chapter 10. Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
Chapter 11. The Earned Income Tax Credit: Welfare Done (Almost)
Right
Part IV. Building Blocks for a Better Welfare System
Chapter 12. Patterns of Dependence and Independence: American
Indians on Reservations, Barterers, and Immigrants
Chapter 13. What Should Be Done: From Incentives to Special Savings
Accounts, Solutions Abound to Get Americans Back to Work
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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.
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.
*Reason TV*
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.
*Washington Independent Review of Books*
This very readable book may stimulate some alternative approaches
to making lives better.
*Choice*
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