New releases or Print an order form . Despite the recent boom in the U.S. economy, many millions of Americans have been left behind.
Poverty rates remain higher than in most other industrialized countries.
Income inequality has increased sharply. What Government Can Do argues, on the contrary, that federal, state, and local governments can and should do a great deal. The authors examine a broad range of government programs that affect Americans' food, housing, health care, education, jobs and wages, incomes, and taxes, finding that government policies already do, in fact, help alleviate poverty and economic inequality. Often these policies work far more effectively and efficiently than people realize, and in ways that enhance freedom rather than infringe on it. Yet even those who disagree with their recommendations will come away with a deepened understanding of how social and economic policies actually work.