How can the poor be helped?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-105) and index
1. Government programs will help America's poor / Benjamin I. Page, James R. Simmons -- 2. Government programs do not help America's poor / Myron Magnet -- 3. Promoting marriage will reduce poverty in America / Robert E. Rector, Melissa G. Pardue -- 4. Promoting marriage will not reduce poverty in America / Katha Pollitt -- 5. Raising wages for low-wage workers will help America's poor / Barbara Ehrenreich -- 6. The United States should not pass living-wage laws / Carl F. Horowitz -- 7. Improving the poor's financial knowledge will help alleviate poverty in the United States / Annamaria Lusardi -- 8. Redefining poverty will help America's poor / Hilary Silver, S.M. Miller-- 9. Globalization has helped reduce poverty worldwide / International Chamber of Commerce -- 10. Globalization has not yet helped reduce poverty worldwide / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- 11. U.S. foreign aid helps the world's poor / David Beckmann -- 12. Spreading democracy will help reduce world poverty / Joseph T. Siegle, Michael M. Weinstein, Morton H. Halperin -- Organizations to contact
1. Government programs will help America's poor / Benjamin I. Page, James R. Simmons -- 2. Government programs do not help America's poor / Myron Magnet -- 3. Promoting marriage will reduce poverty in America / Robert E. Rector, Melissa G. Pardue -- 4. Promoting marriage will not reduce poverty in America / Katha Pollitt -- 5. Raising wages for low-wage workers will help America's poor / Barbara Ehrenreich -- 6. The United States should not pass living-wage laws / Carl F. Horowitz -- 7. Improving the poor's financial knowledge will help alleviate poverty in the United States / Annamaria Lusardi -- 8. Redefining poverty will help America's poor / Hilary Silver, S.M. Miller-- 9. Globalization has helped reduce poverty worldwide / International Chamber of Commerce -- 10. Globalization has not yet helped reduce poverty worldwide / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- 11. U.S. foreign aid helps the world's poor / David Beckmann -- 12. Spreading democracy will help reduce world poverty / Joseph T. Siegle, Michael M. Weinstein, Morton H. Halperin -- Organizations to contact
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