How can the poor be helped?
By: Jennifer Dorman, book editor
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780737751550; 9780737751567
Subjects: Public welfare; Poverty; Poor; Services for
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100) and index.
Table of contents: title: Welfare reforms have been successful in helping America's poor / Jeff Jacoby; title: Welfare reforms have not been a complete success / Katha Pollitt; title: Government programs should be more tailored to America's poor / Margaret Simms; title: Government welfare hurts society and does not benefit the poor / The Libertarian Party; title: Education can help people out of poverty / Michelle Rhee; title: Is education the cure for poverty? / Jared Bernstein; title: Marriage reduces poverty / Robert Rector; title: Marriage is not the answer to poverty / Polly Toynbee; title: Raising the minimum wage will help the poor / Holly Sklar; title: Wage regulation will not help the poor / Bill Barnes; title: Capitalism is the cure for poverty / Robert Gelinas; title: Unregulated capitalism exploits the poor / Barbara Ehrenreich; title: Africa needs trade more than aid / William Easterly; title: Microfinance can alleviate poverty / Daniel Howden.