FROM THE WAR ON POVERTY TO WELFARE REFORM: HOW THE AMERICAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAUSES OF POVERTY CHANGED

Joel Schwartz

Economic Affairs, 2007, vol. 27, issue 3, 24-31

Abstract: The American understanding of the causes of poverty has changed significantly since the War on Poverty was launched in 1964. It was then commonly believed that jobs were unavailable to the poor and that poverty should be reduced by doles. Today most observers contend that jobs are available for the poor, and that poverty stems from self‐defeating behaviours that doles exacerbate.

Date: 2007
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