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Acta Economica Et Turistica, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2015.

Preliminary communication

WELFARE: THE NEGATIVE SOCIETAL EFFECTS

Walter Block orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-4791 ; Loyola University New Orleans
Victoria Knight ; Loyola University New Orleans
David Simpson ; Loyola University New Orleans

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Abstract

The welfare system was instituted, presumably, to decrease poverty, increase the wealth and well-being of the poor. Paradoxically, it has had just about the opposite effect. How did this boomerang in public policy occur? It is simple. Welfare payments helped break up the family, disproportionately in the black community. But a non-intact family is one of the most effective causal agents in impoverishment. Hence, a program that throws massive amounts of money at poor people reduces their economic wellbeing, does not increase it.

Keywords

welfare; poverty; family

Hrčak ID:

150823

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/150823

Publication date:

26.10.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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