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

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Main Author: Murray, Charles A.
Corporate Author: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : AEI Press ; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2006.
Subjects:
Basic income > United States.
Negative income tax > United States.
Public welfare > United States > Finance.
Welfare state > United States.
United States > Social policy > 1993- > Economic aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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