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Basic, (1988)
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The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country’s leading experts on poverty. In this book he describes who the poor are, explains why they are poor, and suggests new policies for helping them. Poor Support is a major reinterpretation of the various forms that poverty takes in American families and what can be done to alleviate the problem.
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Based on a careful review of the evidence and the goals of public policy (both conservative and liberal), the author develops an analytical framework to provide recommendations for how the then-current system of welfare should be modified. While the book had a significant influence on public
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debate, and David Ellwood himself served in the Clinton Administration, his recommendations were never fully adopted. Clinton compromised with Republicans in Congress with the result that important pieces of welfare reform were dropped. The current structure of the welfare system is different, but Elwood's careful approach to analyzing the reality and goals of economic assistance to the poor still provides a model for how issues concerning poverty should be examined today in the United States. Show Less