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Author Murray, Charles A.

Title In our hands : a plan to replace the welfare state / Charles Murray.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : AEI Press ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, [2006]
©2006

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  361.38 MURRAY    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-204) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The framework -- The plan -- Basic finances -- Immediate effects -- Retirement -- Health care -- Poverty -- The underclass -- Work disincentives -- The larger purpose -- The pursuit of happiness in advanced societies -- Vocation -- Marriage -- Community -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. The programs to be eliminated -- Appendix B. Computations of budget projections -- Appendix C. Tax rates and after-tax income under the current system and the plan -- Appendix D. Assumptions about the costs of the current system versus the costs of the plan.
Subject United States -- Social policy -- 1993- -- Economic aspects.
Basic income -- United States.
Negative income tax -- United States.
Public welfare -- United States -- Finance.
Welfare state -- United States.
Added Author American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
ISBN 0844742236
Standard No. 9780844742236
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