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In our hands : a plan to replace the welfare state /

"Imagine the United States scrapped all its income transfer programs--Social Security, Medicare, and all forms of welfare--and gave every American age 21 and older $10,000 a year for life. This is the Plan, a radical new approach to social policy that defies any partisan label, first laid out a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murray, Charles A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : AEI Press, Publisher for the American Enterprise Institute, [2016]
Edición:Revised and updated edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Imagine the United States scrapped all its income transfer programs--Social Security, Medicare, and all forms of welfare--and gave every American age 21 and older $10,000 a year for life. This is the Plan, a radical new approach to social policy that defies any partisan label, first laid out a decade ago by Charles Murray. The updated edition reflects economic developments since then, demonstrates that the Plan is financially feasible, and argues that it would better serve many goals of the welfare state. In Our Hands offers a new way to think about how to achieve a society in which everyone, including the unluckiest among us, has the opportunity and means to construct a satisfying life"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 137 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442260726
1442260726