Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-204) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- Part I. The framework -- The plan -- Basic finances -- Part II. Immediate effects -- Retirement -- Health care -- Poverty -- The underclass -- Work disincentives -- Part III. 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. Preliminary thoughts about political feasibility and transition costs -- Appendix E. Assumptions about the costs of the current system versus the costs of the plan.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book reveals the ineffectiveness of government redistribution plans and offers a radical new approach to social policy.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
In our hands.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Basic income-- United States.
Negative income tax-- United States.
Public welfare-- United States-- Finance.
Welfare state-- United States.
Basic income-- United States.
Basic income.
Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen
Negative income tax-- United States.
Negative income tax.
Public welfare-- Finance.
Public welfare-- United States-- Finance.
Social policy-- Economic aspects.
Social policy-- Economic aspects.-- United States-- 1993-.
Sociale beheersing.
Sozialpolitik
Uitkeringen.
Verzorgingsstaat.
Welfare state-- United States.
Welfare state.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Social policy, 1993-Economic aspects.
United States.
USA
USA.
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UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION (UDC)
Number
36.07(73)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
361
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6/80973
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HN65
Book number
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M85
2006
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
71
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89
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Murray, Charles A.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.