--and Economic Justice for All: Welfare Reform for the 21st Century

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M.E. Sharpe, 1997 - Law - 234 pages
Murray presents an argument for a system of social insurance that replaces welfare with a Guaranteed Adequate Income. The book reviews the current public assistance programs, including SSI, AFDC, Unemployment Compensation, and Food Stamps, summarizing the positive aspects and inadequacies of each plan; it also evaluates other plans that have been proposed. A rationale and cost analysis of GAI concludes the book. Written in a non-technical and comprehensible style, the plan is designed to be politically non-partisan and appeal to both liberals and conservatives.

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Contents

Introduction
1
Life Is Not Fair But People Can Be
11
Are You Worthy? Current U S Welfare
41
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Michael L. Murray is a professor of insurance in the College of Business and Public Administration at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in insurance from the University of Oregon, and a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Iowa. He has taught at Drake University for eleven years, having previously taught at the University of Iowa for nineteen years. His work experience also includes two years in an insurance agency and two years as a United States Army Infantry officer.