All Posts Tagged With: "public assistance"
The Shortcomings of Government Charity
Jude Blanchette is a freelance writer living in China. In their book, Myths of Rich and Poor, W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm observe, “Some part of human nature connects with the apocalyptic. Time and again, the pessimists among us have envisioned the world going straight to hell.” To be sure, “pessimists” apparently run most [...]
1May2007 | Jude Blanchette | 4 comments | ContinuedEnding the Welfare State Through the Power of Private Action
Richard Ebeling is the president of FEE. Despair about the current direction of American public policy is easily understood. In whichever direction we look, government seems to be growing larger and more intrusive. For example, in February the Associated Press (AP) reported that in spite of the 1996 welfare reform, which has reduced the number [...]
1Apr2007 | Richard M. Ebeling | 0 comments | ContinuedUp From Poverty: Reflections on the Ills of Public Assistance edited by Hans F. Sennholz
Foundation for Economic Education • 1997 • 208 pages • $14.95 paperback Dale Matcheck is assistant professor of economics at Northwood University, Midland, Michigan. This timely collection of essays is a rich and diverse anthology united by a recurring theme, namely, that the welfare of a human being contains spiritual as well as material components. [...]
1Aug1997 | Dale Matcheck | 0 comments | Continued-
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