How can the poor be helped? /
Jennifer Dorman, book editor.
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011.
- 107 p. ; 23 cm.
- At issue .
- At issue. Social issues. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100) and index.
Welfare reforms have been successful in helping America's poor / Jeff Jacoby -- Welfare reforms have not been a complete success / Katha Pollitt -- Government programs should be more tailored to America's poor / Margaret Simms -- Government welfare hurts society and does not benefit the poor / The Libertarian Party -- Education can help people out of poverty / Michelle Rhee -- Is education the cure for poverty? / Jared Bernstein -- Marriage reduces poverty / Robert Rector -- Marriage is not the answer to poverty / Polly Toynbee -- Raising the minimum wage will help the poor / Holly Sklar -- Wage regulation will not help the poor / Bill Barnes -- Capitalism is the cure for poverty / Robert Gelinas -- Unregulated capitalism exploits the poor / Barbara Ehrenreich -- Africa needs trade more than aid / William Easterly -- Microfinance can alleviate poverty / Daniel Howden.
9780737751550 (hbk.) 073775155X (hbk.) 9780737751567 (pbk.) 0737751568 (pbk.)
2010050614
Public welfare--United States.
Public welfare.
Poverty.
Poor--Services for.
HV91 / H637 2011
362.5
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100) and index.
Welfare reforms have been successful in helping America's poor / Jeff Jacoby -- Welfare reforms have not been a complete success / Katha Pollitt -- Government programs should be more tailored to America's poor / Margaret Simms -- Government welfare hurts society and does not benefit the poor / The Libertarian Party -- Education can help people out of poverty / Michelle Rhee -- Is education the cure for poverty? / Jared Bernstein -- Marriage reduces poverty / Robert Rector -- Marriage is not the answer to poverty / Polly Toynbee -- Raising the minimum wage will help the poor / Holly Sklar -- Wage regulation will not help the poor / Bill Barnes -- Capitalism is the cure for poverty / Robert Gelinas -- Unregulated capitalism exploits the poor / Barbara Ehrenreich -- Africa needs trade more than aid / William Easterly -- Microfinance can alleviate poverty / Daniel Howden.
9780737751550 (hbk.) 073775155X (hbk.) 9780737751567 (pbk.) 0737751568 (pbk.)
2010050614
Public welfare--United States.
Public welfare.
Poverty.
Poor--Services for.
HV91 / H637 2011
362.5
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