social policy

Charles Murray proposes a radical new plan that ends Social Security, Medicare, and all forms of welfare, and instead gives every American age twenty-one and older $10,000 a year for life, and argues that this program could achieve the same goals of the welfare state with less financial impact and greater success.

Discusses the history of various social policies concerning such areas as drugs, economics and welfare and offers ideas for policy reform.

Examines the creation of the New Deal and the events that led to it; politics during the Depression; and the life and personality of Franklin Roosevelt; and includes a photographic essay.

Contains twenty-two essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to women in the workforce, including finance management, discrimination, balancing work and family, and whether working women are good for families; and provides discussion questions, contact information for organizations, and bibliographies.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy argues that America has departed from its fundamental ideals more than any other time in modern history and that this departure has lead to significant domestic and international turmoil.