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

Theodore R. Marmor; Jerry L. Mashaw; Philip L. Harvey

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9780465001231: America's Misunderstood Welfare State: Persistent Myths, Enduring Realities

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This book sets the record straight about the nation's welfare programs, showing that the gloom and doom surrounding public discussion stem from false ideas about what these programs 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.

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9780465001224: America's Misunderstood Welfare State: Persistent Myths, Enduring Realities

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ISBN 10:  046500122X ISBN 13:  9780465001224
Publisher: Basic Books, 1990
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