The American Promise: Equal Justice and Economic OpportunityArthur I. Blaustein This forcefully argued and carefully documented report by the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity criticizes the Reagan Economic Recovery Program on the basis that it separates economic theory from social policy, pursuing the former at the expense of the latter, which hurts the poor and could lead to social chaos. This controversial volume also argues that the current policy proposals for the 1980s ignore national standards of responsibility and ac countability. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
WOMEN IN POVERTY | 7 |
MYTHS | 33 |
INFLATION AND THE POOR | 55 |
THE HUMAN COST OF UNEMPLOYMENT 1981 | 69 |
THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION | 85 |
LEGAL SERVICES | 91 |
AMERICAN VALUES CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICAL | 103 |
APPENDIX BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON ADVISORY | 121 |
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