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  • Ending Poverty in America

    How to Restore the American Dream

    de Michael S. Barr, Jared Bernstein, Anita Brown-Graham, Carol Mendez Cassell, Martin Eakes, Michael Ferber, Richard B. Freeman, Jacob S. Hacker, Harry J. Holzer, Jack F. Kemp, Sara McLanahan, Ronald B. Mincy, Katherine S. Newman, Melvin L. Oliver, Peter Orszag, Dennis K. Orthner, Hillard Pouncy, Hugh B. Price, John Karl Scholz, Ruston Seaman, Thomas M. Shapiro, Michael Sherraden, David K. Shipler, Beth Shulman, David Spickard, Michael A. Stegman, Elizabeth Warren, William Julius Wilson ...
    An " engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles" from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more ( Publishers Weekly).Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the tens of millions of Americans living in "near poverty"? In this book, some of the country's most prominent scholars, ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Productive Aging

    Concepts and Challenges

    Edición de Nancy Morrow-Howell, James Hinterlong, Michael Sherraden ...
    Series series Gerontology
    "Will 69 million baby boomers suddenly drop out of the workforce when they turn 65? It is difficult to imagine this generation, with its talent, education, and experience, idling away the last thirty years of life."—From the Foreword, by Robert N. Butler, M.D., The Mount Sinai Medical CenterOld age has been historically thought of as a period of frailty and dependence, yet studies show that with ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • Inclusion in the American Dream

    Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy

    Edición de Michael Sherraden ...
    Inclusion in the American Dream brings together leading scholars and policy experts on the topic of asset building, particularly as this relates to public policy. The typical American household accumulates most its assets in home equity and retirement accounts, both of which are subsidized through the tax system. But the poor, for the most part, do not participate in these asset accumulation ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD

  • Inclusive Child Development Accounts

    Toward Universality and Progressivity

    Inclusive Child Development Accounts showcases the global context of emerging asset-building policies and programmes around Child Development Accounts.Child Development Accounts (CDAs) are subsidized accounts that enable families to accumulate assets to invest in children’s development and life goals, such as postsecondary education, homeownership, business development, and retirement security. ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Can the Poor Save?

    Saving and Asset Building in Individual Development Accounts

    de Michael Sherraden ...
    Many policymakers argue that the best poverty policy not only provides cash to the poor for subsistence but also incentives and structures that encourage long-term social and economic improvement. As part of this, they make the case for Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), a new policy proposal designed to help the poor save and to build assets. This book explores IDAs to determine their ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Civic Service Worldwide

    Impacts and Inquiry

    de Amanda Moore McBride, Michael Sherraden ...
    This comprehensive collection of the latest research and policy developments in civic service worldwide provides an informed assessment of what works and what doesn't work in the field. With contributions from some of the discipline's best-known global leaders, it presents a conceptualization and operational definition of civic service that allows for variations across nations and cultures. "Civic ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • Assets and the Poor

    New American Welfare Policy

    de Michael Sherraden ...
    This work proposes a new approach to welfare: a social policy that goes beyond simple income maintenance to foster individual initiative and self-sufficiency. It argues for an asset-based policy that would create a system of saving incentives through individual development accounts (IDAs) for specific purposes, such as college education, homeownership, self-employment and retirement security. In ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Working and Living in the Shadow of Economic Fragility

    Edición de Marion Crain, Michael Sherraden ...
    Not since the Great Depression of the 1930s has the United States faced such a prolonged period of high unemployment and underemployment. Recovery from the "Great Recession" that began in 2008 has been slow, and is projected to remain sluggish over the next several years, while another shock to the global economy could erase the meager gains of the past months. Economic conditions remain fragile ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD

  • Asset-Building Policies and Innovations in Asia

    Edición de Michael Sherraden, Li Zou, Ben Hok-bun Ku, Suo Deng, Sibin Wang ...
    Series series Routledge Research on Social Work, Social Policy and Social Development in Greater China
    Asia has long been a testing ground for efforts to augment financial and social security by developing assets that may support individuals and households and contribute to long-term social development. Rapid growth in the number and breadth of asset-based social policies has prompted Asian scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to share lessons from current efforts and chart future directions ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Campus Power Struggle

    de Michael Sherraden ...
    Campus Power Struggle traces the explosive evolution of the student political movement from the Berkeley Free Speech Movement of 1964 to armed confrontation at Cornell in 1969. From campus conflict as a microcosm of larger political struggles for self-determination, to student concern about infringements upon personal liberties, the studies in this book provide authoritative insight into unrest on ... Leer más

    $66.99 USD

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  • Sovereign Wealth Funds

    Legitimacy, Governance, and Global Power

    de Gordon L. Clark, Adam D. Dixon, Ashby H.B. Monk ...
    The worldwide rise of sovereign wealth funds is emblematic of the ongoing transformation of nation-state economic prospects. Sovereign Wealth Funds maps the global footprints of these financial institutions, examining their governance and investment management, and issues of domestic and international legitimacy. Through a variety of case studies--from the China Investment Corporation to the funds ... Leer más

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  • Inequality in America

    Facts, Trends, and International Perspectives

    de Uri Dadush, Kemal Dervis, Sarah P. Milsom ...
    A bedrock American principle is the idea that all individuals should have the opportunity to succeed on the basis of their own effort, skill, and ingenuity.-Federal Reserve Chairman Ben BernankeIncome inequality has been on the rise since the late 1970s, but the economic and financial crisis of 2008 instigated an unemployment epidemic that dramatically compounded this problem in the United States ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD