Sherraden, Michael W. <br/><br/>
Assets and the poor :  a new American welfare policy / 
 A new American welfare policy 
Michael Sherraden. 
 - xviii, 324 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> First published 1991 by M.E. Sharpe. -- from title-page verso 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 315-324). 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781563240669 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic assistance, Domestic--United States<br/>Public welfare--United States<br/>Saving and investment--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC110.P63  / S49 1990