Poverty and Inequality

Issue

Today, the U.S. spends 16 times as much on welfare as it spent in the 1960s yet the federal poverty rate remains nearly unchanged.

COMMENTARY

Biden’s “Checks for Children” Scam: Designed To Overturn Welfare Reform

Feb 18, 2022 2 min read

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REPORT

The War on Poverty has cost the taxpayers nearly three and a half times the combined cost of all military wars in U.S. history.

Apr 5, 2018 Over an hour read

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Apr 29, 2020

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May 3, 2019

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Apr 29, 2019

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Why Trade Doesn’t Cause Unemployment

May 3, 2016

Research Fellow, Center for Health and Welfare Policy

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Health and Welfare Policy

Visiting Fellow, Center for Health and Welfare Policy