The Invisible Safety Net: Protecting the Nation's Poor Children and Families

by Janet M. Currie

Book Overview

In one of the most provocative books ever published on America's social welfare system, economist Janet Currie argues that the modern social safety net is under attack.

Unlike most books about antipoverty programs, Currie trains her focus not on cash welfare, which accounts for a small and shrinking share of federal expenditures on poor families with children, but on the staples of today's American welfare system: Medicaid, Food Stamps,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138524
• ISBN13: 9780691138527
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

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This is a very thoughtful review of the literature that helps one understand what really works when it come to social programs. More importantly, careful analysis shows that many programs, while imperfect, do help.