Browning, Edgar K.,

Stealing from each other : how the welfare state robs Americans of money and spirit / Edgar K. Browning. - xii, 226 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index.

Introduction -- Egalitarianism and the market -- Inequality -- Group inequalities -- Incomes around the world -- Poverty -- Our trillion dollar welfare system -- Social security and medicare -- More transfers -- Taxation -- The (many) costs of transfers -- Just say no -- Notes -- Index.

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Public welfare--United States
Welfare state


United States--Social policy

HV91 / .B713 2008

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