Sherraden, Michael W.
Assets and the poor : a new American welfare policy / A new American welfare policy Michael Sherraden. - xviii, 324 pages ; 23 cm
First published 1991 by M.E. Sharpe. -- from title-page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 315-324).
The failure of welfare policy as a failure of national vision -- Income distribution and income poverty -- The state of welfare theory -- Federal welfare policy--who benefits? -- The welfare reform debate -- The name and distribution of assets -- inheritance of asset inequality -- Toward a theory of welfare based on assets -- The design of asset-based welfare policy -- Individual development accounts -- Examples, proposals, costs -- The integration of welfare policy with econimic goals of the nation -- Summary and conclusion
9781563240669
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States
Public welfare--United States
Saving and investment--United States
HC110.P63 / S49 1990
Assets and the poor : a new American welfare policy / A new American welfare policy Michael Sherraden. - xviii, 324 pages ; 23 cm
First published 1991 by M.E. Sharpe. -- from title-page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 315-324).
The failure of welfare policy as a failure of national vision -- Income distribution and income poverty -- The state of welfare theory -- Federal welfare policy--who benefits? -- The welfare reform debate -- The name and distribution of assets -- inheritance of asset inequality -- Toward a theory of welfare based on assets -- The design of asset-based welfare policy -- Individual development accounts -- Examples, proposals, costs -- The integration of welfare policy with econimic goals of the nation -- Summary and conclusion
9781563240669
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States
Public welfare--United States
Saving and investment--United States
HC110.P63 / S49 1990