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In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
Charles Murray
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Description for In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
Paperback. Imagine if the United States were to scrap all forms of existing welfare and give every American age twenty-one and older $10,000 a year for life. This is the Plan, a radical new approach to social policy that defies any partisan label. First laid out by Murray a decade ago, the updated edition reflects economic developments since that time. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Imagine that the United States were to scrap all its income transfer programs-including Social Security, Medicare, and all forms of welfare-and give every American age twenty-one and older $10,000 a year for life.This is the Plan, a radical new approach to social policy that defies any partisan label. First laid out by Charles Murray a decade ago, the updated edition reflects economic developments since that time. Murray, who previous books include Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, demonstrates that the Plan is financially feasible and the uses detailed analysis to argue that many goals of the welfare state-elimination of ... Read more
Imagine that the United States were to scrap all its income transfer programs-including Social Security, Medicare, and all forms of welfare-and give every American age twenty-one and older $10,000 a year for life.This is the Plan, a radical new approach to social policy that defies any partisan label. First laid out by Charles Murray a decade ago, the updated edition reflects economic developments since that time. Murray, who previous books include Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, demonstrates that the Plan is financially feasible and the uses detailed analysis to argue that many goals of the welfare state-elimination of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
225g
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442260719
SKU
V9781442260719
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About Charles Murray
Charles Murray is the W. H. Brady Scholar in Culture and Freedom at the American Enterprise Institute. His previous books include Losing Ground (1984), In Pursuit (1988), The Bell Curve (1994, with Richard J. Hernstein), What It Means to Be a Libertarian (1997), and Human Accomplishment (2003). He lives in Burkittsville, Maryland.
Reviews for In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
[Charles Murray] has done more to provoke serious debate on subjects ranging from welfare to IQ than any of the million or so members of American academe, and more to produce changes in America's welfare state than any of the army of professional politicians.
The Economist
What causes poverty in America? Lack of money. It's that simple. And ... Read more
The Economist
What causes poverty in America? Lack of money. It's that simple. And ... Read more