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Assets And The Poor: A New American Welfare Policy
Author: Sherraden, Michael; Introduction: Gilbert, Neil
Paperback; Tables, Bibliography, Index 344 pages Published: February 1992 M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 1563240661
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).

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