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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Lane Kenworthy |
ISBN: | 9780199591527 0199591520 |
OCLC Number: | 779675661 |
Notes: | Bibliogr. p. 131-154. |
Description: | 1 vol. (162 p.) ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 1. Raise the Floor ; 2. Growth Is Good for the Poor, if Social Policy Passes It On ; 3. How Trickle Down Can Fail: the U.S. Case ; 4. Generous Social Policy Reduces Material Deprivation ; 5. Low Wages Need Not Mean Low Incomes ; 6. Targeting May Not Be So Bad ; 7. Public Services Are an Important Antipoverty Tool ; 8. The Tax Mix Matters Less Than We Thought ; 9. The Aim Is Not Spending Per Se ; 10. Tradeoffs? ; 11. The Politics of Helping the Poor ; Acknowledgments ; Appendix: Data Definitions and Sources ; Notes ; References ; Index |
Responsibility: | Lane Kenworthy. |
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a well-written and comparatively well-argued book * Raphael Calel, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy * This brief, concise book looks at the available data for industrialized countries in an attempt to compare the well-being of the least well-off and the effects of various government taxing and income support programs ... The questions Kenworthy asks are most important ... This volume is made more readable by relegating the data discussion to an appendix and by using footnotes. Highly recommended. * J.F O'Connell, CHOICE * Read more...
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