In our hands
Subtitle: a plan to replace the welfare state
By: Charles Murray.
Contributors: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
Publisher: AEI Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Guaranteed annual income -- United States.; Negative income tax -- United States.; Public welfare -- United States -- Finance.; Welfare state -- United States.; United States -- Social policy -- 1993- -- Economic aspects.
Description: This book reveals the ineffectiveness of government redistribution plans and offers a radical new approach to social policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The framework; title: Basic finances; title: Retirement; title: Health care; title: Poverty; title: The underclass; title: Work disincentives; title: The pursuit of happiness in advanced societies; title: Vocation; title: Marriage; title: Community; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A. The programs to be eliminated; title: Appendix B. Computations of budget projections; title: Appendix C. Preliminary thoughts about political feasibility and transition costs; title: Appendix D. Assumptions about the costs of the current system versus the costs of the plan.