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Download full textJoint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1986
This document presents a transcript of a Joint Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy hearing on the impact of the Federal "War on Poverty" programs. Testimony and submissions for the record included: (1) a paper by Lowell Gallaway et al., "The 'New' Structural Poverty: A Quantitative Analysis," which examines the effects…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Poverty
Danziger, Sheldon H., Ed.; Weinberg, Daniel H., Ed. – 1986
The 15 essays in this book discuss the success and failure of federal anti-poverty programs since the 1960s. Titles (and authors) are: (1) "Introduction" (Sheldon H. Danziger and Daniel H. Weinberg); (2) "Public Spending for the Poor: Trends, Prospects, and Economic Limits" (Gary Burtless); (3) "Antipoverty Policy: Effects on the Poor and the…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Low Income
Morris-Bilotti, Sharon – 1992
This question-and-answer format paper looks at some of the basic issues surrounding the chronically poor and initiatives and services designed to break the poverty cycle. A first section explores some of the myths and realities surrounding the characteristics of the chronically poor population and notes that this population is comprised of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blacks, Children, Corporate Support
