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Building an Opportunity Society - A Realistic Alternative to an Entitlement State (Paperback)
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Building an Opportunity Society - A Realistic Alternative to an Entitlement State (Paperback)
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Twenty-first-century US policymakers face a great challenge: How
can federal government help more people achieve the American dream?
Specifically, how can we provide greater opportunities for
less-prosperous individuals, enabling them to succeed through hard
work, on their merits, and take increased responsibility for their
lives? Lewis D. Solomon sees this as the challenge of our time. He
seeks to thread the fine public policy needle between social
democratic efforts to perfect the world and those who negatively
view public sector programs. Based on the premise that capitalism
is not inherently unjust and defective, and American capitalism's
structural features do not inexorability thwart opportunity,
Building an Opportunity Society offers the possibility of more
limited, carefully structured, cost-effective, empirically verified
federal policies and programs. Solomon first provides the
background and context of many existing domestic challenges and
problems that the current and proposed federal policies and
programs seek to address. He then analyses the federal safety net
that keeps Americans from poverty and helps reduce income
inequality. Finally, he presents a lifecycle analysis of current
federal policies and programs, preventive and remedial, designed as
part of the Entitlement State, but if restructured could facilitate
the building of an Opportunity Society. Solomon challenges
policymakers to take a fresh look at how best to achieve society's
goals for all citizens.
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