American Promise

Equal Justice and Economic Opportunity

Arthur I. Blaustein

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9780878559053
• eBook ISBN: 9781351532358
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Development Economics
• Index: Economics

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 responsi-bility and accountability.

The report focuses on five aspects of American social, economic, and po-litical life: unemployment and inflation; federal antipoverty programs and policies; the changing face of poverty and the myths that affect the poor; the role of voluntary associations and the shared moral values of our society; the particular problems of family, child care, and welfare for women in poverty.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• INTRODUCTION
• WOMEN IN POVERTY
• POVERTY IN AMERICA: MYTHS AND REALITIES 198180
• INFLATION AND THE POOR140 (REVISION OF 1980 CHAPTER)
• THE HUMAN COST OF UNEMPLOYMENT 1981149
• THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
• LEGAL SERVICES
• AMERICAN VALUES, CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY:217 PROSPECT FOR THE 80’S
• AMERICAN VALUES, CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY:217 PROSPECT FOR THE 80’S