Poverty and basic needs/

Contributor(s):

World Bank

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C., U.S.A. : World Bank, [1980]Description: 34 pSubject(s):

DDC classification:

338.9'009172'4 POV

LOC classification:

HC59.72.B38 P68 1980

Summary: "What Government Can Do argues that federal, state, and local governments can and should do a great deal. Benjamin I. Page and James R. Simmons detail what programs have worked and how they can be improved, while introducing the general reader to the fundamentals of social insurance programs such as Social Security and Medicaid, tax structures, minimum wage laws, educational programs, and the concept of "basic needs." Through their discussions of high-profile campaign plans, proposals, successes, and failures, they have written a readable, optimistic, and clear-headed book on government and poverty. And they find that, contrary to popular belief, 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. At the same time, Page and Simmons show how even more could be - and should be - accomplished.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	338.9'009172'4 POV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		31008100208707

Cover title.

Articles originally appeared in Finance & development magazine.

"September 1980."

Includes bibliographies.

"What Government Can Do argues that federal, state, and local governments can and should do a great deal. Benjamin I. Page and James R. Simmons detail what programs have worked and how they can be improved, while introducing the general reader to the fundamentals of social insurance programs such as Social Security and Medicaid, tax structures, minimum wage laws, educational programs, and the concept of "basic needs." Through their discussions of high-profile campaign plans, proposals, successes, and failures, they have written a readable, optimistic, and clear-headed book on government and poverty. And they find that, contrary to popular belief, 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. At the same time, Page and Simmons show how even more could be - and should be - accomplished.

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