America's Misunderstood Welfare State: Persistent Myths, Enduring Realities - Paperback

by Theodore R. Marmor (Author), Jerry L. Mashaw (Joint Author), Philip L. Harvey (Joint Author)

This examination of America's social welfare programmes - Social Security, public assistance and medical care - shows that the gloom and doom surrounding most discussions of these institutions stems from false ideas about what these programme are and how they work.

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This brilliantly argued book shows that the gloom and doom that surround so much public discussion about America's welfare state stem from simple, attractive-- and false-- ideas about social welfare programs and how they work.