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In our hands : a plan to replace the welfare state / Charles Murray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Charles A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state.
- Negative income tax.
- Social policy.
- United States--Social policy--1993---Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Basic income--United States.
- Basic income.
- Negative income tax--United States.
- Public welfare--United States--Finance.
- Public welfare.
- Finance.
- Welfare state--United States.
- Public welfare--Finance.
- Social policy--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 137 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : AEI Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Imagine that the United States were to scrap all its income transfer programmes - including Social Security, Medicare, and all forms of welfare - and give every American age 21 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.
- Contents:
- Part I Framework 5
- 1 The Plan 6
- 2 Basic Finances 11
- Part II Immediate Effects 17
- 3 Health Care 18
- 4 Retirement 29
- 5 Poverty 37
- 6 The Underclass 44
- 7 Work Disincentives 52
- Part III The Larger Purpose 59
- 8 The Pursuit of Happiness in Advanced Societies 60
- 9 Work 69
- 10 Family 73
- 11 Community 81
- 12 Conclusion 91.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442260719
- 1442260718
- OCLC:
- 919237169
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