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It Takes a Nation
Rebecca M. Blank
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Description for It Takes a Nation
Paperback. Provides an antidote to scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective, this book explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds. It states that it takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty. Num Pages: 368 pages, 34 line drawings 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
As Americans experiment with dismantling the nation's welfare system, cliches and slogans proliferate, ranging from charges that the poor are simply lazy to claims that existing antipoverty programs have failed completely. In this impeccably researched book, Rebecca Blank provides the definitive antidote to the scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of today's welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective than most people think, she also explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds. It takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty, and this book argues ... Read more
As Americans experiment with dismantling the nation's welfare system, cliches and slogans proliferate, ranging from charges that the poor are simply lazy to claims that existing antipoverty programs have failed completely. In this impeccably researched book, Rebecca Blank provides the definitive antidote to the scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of today's welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective than most people think, she also explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds. It takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty, and this book argues ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691004013
SKU
V9780691004013
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About Rebecca M. Blank
Rebecca M. Blank is Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, where she directed the Joint Center for Poverty Research. She is currently on leave serving as a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Clinton Administration.
Reviews for It Takes a Nation
Winner of the 1997 Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Princeton University's Industrial Relations Section One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998 "[Blank] examines the condition of America's poor and the policies used to help them. She argues plausibly that trade is only one of the factors pressing down on the ... Read more