POLS 3510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Costco, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, Aid To Families With Dependent Children
24 Oct 2017
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In whose interests do these policies work exercise of political power: the many median voter theory, the few interest groups. Jencks: student summary: market economies designed to pay the minimum, capitalism encourages employers to pay employees the least amount possible, minimum wage rates have changed. Income maintenance (welfare state: means-tested policy (directed towards low-income, medicaid for poor people. Food stamps (1971) snap: adc afdc (roosevelt administration) tanf (1996 clinton/republican. Supplemental income for disabled: full employment act (1946) ideal unemployment rate = 4% - doesn"t say how one will achieve that, social insurance policy.
