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1. "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse": Kansas Poor Relief.

Author

Holt, Marilyn Irvin

Subjects
*ALMSHOUSES, *POOR communities, *POOR people, *HISTORY, *SERVICES for poor people, *GOVERNMENT policy, KANSAS state history
Abstract

The article talks about the history of poorhouses in counties of Kansas as the centerpiece for relief for the poor locals. Topics discussed include the concept of a poor farm originating in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century legal and social traditions such as the English Poor Law of 1601, creation of workhouses for able-bodied poor in 1697, and the English law of 1788 that established almshouses for the sick, aged and women and children unable to work.

Published
2016

2. Brazil’s Antipoverty Breakthrough.

Author

Tepperman, Jonathan

Subjects
*POVERTY reduction, *ECONOMIC reform, *HISTORY of economic policy, *POOR people, *HISTORY, *GOVERNMENT policy, ECONOMIC conditions in Brazil, 1985-
Abstract

The article discusses the Brazil government's efforts to reduce poverty from the 1980s through the mid 2010s. An overview of the Brazilian President Inácio Lula da Silva's economic reforms, including his program known as the Bolsa Família (Family Grant) program that provided economic assistance to poor families in extreme poverty, is provided.

Published
2016

3. Patching Up Safety Net, Without Putting It at Risk.

Author

PORTER, EDUARDO

Subjects
*SOCIAL Security (United States), *WELFARE state, *POOR people, *TAXATION, *GOVERNMENT policy, *SERVICES for poor people, *HISTORY, UNITED States social policy, 1993-, UNITED States social policy
Abstract

The article discusses approaches to funding social safety net programs in the United States such as Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, and food stamps. The author highlights former U.S. under secretary of health Wilbur Cohen's argument that programs targeted directly at poor individuals receive poor funding and political support, compares targeted and universal social welfare programs, and discusses redistribution-based tax policies in the U.S.

Published
2015

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