Assets and the Poor

New American Welfare Policy

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, History
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Author: Michael Sherraden, Neil Gilbert ISBN: 9781315288352
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 16, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Michael Sherraden, Neil Gilbert
ISBN: 9781315288352
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 16, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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 this way, low-income Americans could gain the same opportunities that middle- and upper-income citizens have to plan ahead, set aside savings and invest in a more secure future.

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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 this way, low-income Americans could gain the same opportunities that middle- and upper-income citizens have to plan ahead, set aside savings and invest in a more secure future.

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