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How can the poor be helped? / Jennifer Dorman, book editor.

Contributor(s): Series: At issuePublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011.Description: 107 p. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780737751567 (pbk.) :
  • 0737751568 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV91 .H637 2011
Contents:
Welfare reforms have been successful in helping America's poor / Jeff Jacoby -- Welfare reforms have not been a complete success / Katha Pollitt -- Government programs should be more tailored to America's poor / Margaret Simms -- Government welfare hurts society and does not benefit the poor / The Libertarian Party -- Education can help people out of poverty / Michelle Rhee -- Is education the cure for poverty? / Jared Bernstein -- Marriage reduces poverty / Robert Rector -- Marriage is not the answer to poverty / Polly Toynbee -- Raising the minimum wage will help the poor / Holly Sklar -- Wage regulation will not help the poor / Bill Barnes -- Capitalism is the cure for poverty / Robert Gelinas -- Unregulated capitalism exploits the poor / Barbara Ehrenreich -- Africa needs trade more than aid / William Easterly -- Microfinance can alleviate poverty / Daniel Howden.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Notes Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HV 91 .H637 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TOPIC BOOKS 5071021

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100) and index.

Welfare reforms have been successful in helping America's poor / Jeff Jacoby -- Welfare reforms have not been a complete success / Katha Pollitt -- Government programs should be more tailored to America's poor / Margaret Simms -- Government welfare hurts society and does not benefit the poor / The Libertarian Party -- Education can help people out of poverty / Michelle Rhee -- Is education the cure for poverty? / Jared Bernstein -- Marriage reduces poverty / Robert Rector -- Marriage is not the answer to poverty / Polly Toynbee -- Raising the minimum wage will help the poor / Holly Sklar -- Wage regulation will not help the poor / Bill Barnes -- Capitalism is the cure for poverty / Robert Gelinas -- Unregulated capitalism exploits the poor / Barbara Ehrenreich -- Africa needs trade more than aid / William Easterly -- Microfinance can alleviate poverty / Daniel Howden.

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