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050 00 $aHV95$b.S28 1996
082 00 $a362.5/8/0973$220
100 1 $aSchansberg, D. Eric.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96013618
245 10 $aPoor policy :$bhow government harms the poor /$cD. Eric Schansberg.
260 $aBoulder, Colo. :$bWestview Press,$c1996.
300 $axii, 244 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-238) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tMeasuring Poverty: Who's Poor? --$g2.$tGovernment as Robin Hood: Taxing the Rich and Redistributing to the Poor --$g3.$tDiscrimination: A Primary or Secondary Cause of Poverty? --$g4.$tReversing Robin Hood: How to Transfer Income to the Non-Poor --$g5.$tRedistributing Income Through Product Markets: Increasing Prices for the Poor --$g6.$tThe Minimum Wage: Locking Unskilled Workers Out of the Labor Market --$g7.$tOther Labor Market Interventions: Locking Out Relatively Unskilled Workers --$g8.$tOther Types of Redistribution to the Non-Poor: Let Me Count the Ways... --$g9.$tMandating a Pathetic Level of Education: A Way to Ensure Lifetime Poverty --$g10.$tProhibition II: The Sequel --$g11.$tWhere They Live and Breathe: Government Policy in the Markets for Housing and Health --$g12.$tThe Historical Role of Ideology in Efforts to Fight Poverty --$g13.$tEquity Versus Efficiency: The Costs of Pursuing Income Equality --$g14.$tStill Losing Ground --
505 80 $g15.$tLocal and Voluntary Versus Federal and Bureaucratic --$g16.$tReligion and Poverty --$g17.$tFixing Welfare: Take It Behind the Barn ... --$g18.$tThe Cause and Effect of Population, Resources, and Food --$g19.$tForeign Aid: Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block? --$g20.$tThe Road to Recovery: Get Government (Mostly) Out of the Way --$g21.$tConclusion.
520 $aChallenging the conventional approach most "poverty" books take - a focus on how government attempts to assist the poor with welfare programs - D. Eric Schansberg instead presents in this volume a dynamic and timely alternative to the idea. Using public choice economics, he illustrates how special interest groups advocate policies that benefit themselves but inadvertently hurt the poor.
520 8 $aThe author demonstrates how this inequity occurs in both product and labor markets - from farm subsidies to protectionist trade policies, from drug prohibition to the government's provision of public education.
520 8 $aIn addition, Schansberg provides the reader with a thorough analysis of welfare policies, focusing on the intractable problems built into the current system. He then argues for radical welfare reform advocating case-by-case solutions centered on "tough love" and to the extent possible, private charities. The author also provides statistical information on income distribution and redistribution, a discussion of discrimination, and a section devoted to international policy issues.
650 0 $aPoor$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010107478
650 0 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108855
650 0 $aPoverty$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109904
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