Assets and the Poor: New American Welfare Policy
This work proposes a new approach to welfare: a social policy that goes beyond simple income maintenance to foster individual initiative and self-sufficiency. It argues for an asset-based policy that would create a system of saving incentives through individual development accounts (IDAs) for specific purposes, such as college education, homeownership, self-employment and retirement security. In this way, low-income Americans could gain the same opportunities that middle- and upper-income citizens have to plan ahead, set aside savings and invest in a more secure future.
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Assets and the Poor: New American Welfare Policy
This work proposes a new approach to welfare: a social policy that goes beyond simple income maintenance to foster individual initiative and self-sufficiency. It argues for an asset-based policy that would create a system of saving incentives through individual development accounts (IDAs) for specific purposes, such as college education, homeownership, self-employment and retirement security. In this way, low-income Americans could gain the same opportunities that middle- and upper-income citizens have to plan ahead, set aside savings and invest in a more secure future.
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Assets and the Poor: New American Welfare Policy
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780873326186 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 12/31/1990 |
Pages: | 344 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
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