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The Failed Welfare Revolution America's Struggle over Guaranteed Income Policy

By Brian , Steensland

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN
9780691127149, 069112714X, 9781400837489, 1400837480
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1301201 bytes)
Pages
320 Seiten\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen;Sozialpolitik;Online

Description

Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies. The Failed Welfare Revolution shows us that things might have turned out differently. During the 1960s and 1970s, policymakers in three presidential administrations tried to replace the nation's existing welfare system with a revolutionary program to guarantee Americans basic economic security. Surprisingly from today's vantage point, guaranteed income plans received broad bipartisan support in the 1960s. One proposal, President Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, nearly passed int ...

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