Growth and Welfare in the American Past: A New Economic History
This comprehensive history of the U.S. economy from colonial times to the present explores the nature of American economic growth, the economic welfare of different social groups, and the role...
Enl. and updated ed. published as: The wayward welfare state. c1981. Includes bibliographical references.
black family (cont.) 203–5, 267, 268; study on disorganization and, 82–84, 92–93 black lower-class culture, interpretations of: Bronzeville study on, 93–94, 102; child rearing in, 65; debate over literature on, 199; in the Deep South, ...
This book is about the development of the American social welfare state, from FDR to LBJ, with particular emphasis on the ideas (social, political, and economic) that have formed the basis of America's social welfare state.
That difficulty is very evident from reading one of the best-known poverty texts of the 1960s – Michael Harrington's The Other America 11 John G. Wofford, 'The Politics of Local Responsibility: Administration of the Community Action ...
Monica Prasad’s powerful demand-side hypothesis addresses three questions: Why does the United States have more poverty than any other developed country?
Netherlands ( NE ) Income strata Source ( 1 ) top 5 % COMF - 1 COMP - 2 ( 3 ) deciles 7-9 K - 6 NE - 1 ( 4 ) botton 60 % ( 2 ) top 10 % COMP - 1 38.7 38.3 COMP - 2 COMP - 3 COMPA NE - 1 Sweden ( SW ) COMP - 1 32.8 35.7 COMP - 2 COMP - 3 ...
This book explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations and in particular looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere.
Economics and the Public Welfare: Financial and Economic History of the United States, 1914-1946