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Behind from the start : how America's war on the poor is harming our most vulnerable children / / Lenette Azzi-Lessing
| Behind from the start : how America's war on the poor is harming our most vulnerable children / / Lenette Azzi-Lessing |
| Autore | Azzi-Lessing Lenette |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Disciplina | 362.7/756900973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poor children - United States - Social conditions - 21st century
Children - United States - Social conditions - 21st century Child welfare - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | United StatesSocial policy21st century |
| ISBN |
0-19-045905-0
0-19-045904-2 |
| Classificazione | SOC000000SOC025000POL019000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword, Lisbeth Schorr -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Stuck at the Bottom: Poor Policies for Poor Families -- Chapter 3. From the War on Poverty to the War on Poor Families -- Chapter 4: Poverty is Poison: Multiple Assaults on Young Lives -- Chapter 5. It Takes a Firestorm: How the Child Welfare System Harms Children and Perpetuates the Cycle -- Chapter 6. The Emperor's Old Clothes: The False Promise of Simple Solutions -- Chapter 7. We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Stronger, Better Strategies for Breaking the Cycle -- Chapter 8: From Neurons to National Policy: Using What We Know to Break the Cycle of Disadvantage. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792650503321 |
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Behind from the start : how America's war on the poor is harming our most vulnerable children / / Lenette Azzi-Lessing
| Behind from the start : how America's war on the poor is harming our most vulnerable children / / Lenette Azzi-Lessing |
| Autore | Azzi-Lessing Lenette |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Disciplina | 362.7/756900973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poor children - United States - Social conditions - 21st century
Children - United States - Social conditions - 21st century Child welfare - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | United StatesSocial policy21st century |
| ISBN |
0-19-045905-0
0-19-045904-2 |
| Classificazione | SOC000000SOC025000POL019000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword, Lisbeth Schorr -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Stuck at the Bottom: Poor Policies for Poor Families -- Chapter 3. From the War on Poverty to the War on Poor Families -- Chapter 4: Poverty is Poison: Multiple Assaults on Young Lives -- Chapter 5. It Takes a Firestorm: How the Child Welfare System Harms Children and Perpetuates the Cycle -- Chapter 6. The Emperor's Old Clothes: The False Promise of Simple Solutions -- Chapter 7. We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Stronger, Better Strategies for Breaking the Cycle -- Chapter 8: From Neurons to National Policy: Using What We Know to Break the Cycle of Disadvantage. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827479403321 |
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating an opportunity society [[electronic resource] /] / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill
| Creating an opportunity society [[electronic resource] /] / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill |
| Autore | Haskins Ron |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5/13 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SawhillIsabel V |
| Soggetto topico |
Social mobility - United States
Social classes - Economic aspects - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786612403620
0-8157-0393-7 1-282-40362-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Our Vision; Public Values and Attitudes; The Changing Fortunes of the Rich, the Poor, and the Middle Class; Opportunity in the United States; Why Family Background Matters; Perspectives on Poverty; Middle-Class Complaints; Expanding Educational Opportunity; Supporting and Encouraging Work; Strengthening Families; Paying the Bills; Appendix A: Grants, Loans, and Tax Provisions for Postsecondary Students; Appendix B: The Bush Marriage Initiative; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455111503321 |
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Haskins Ron
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| Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating an opportunity society [[electronic resource] /] / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill
| Creating an opportunity society [[electronic resource] /] / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill |
| Autore | Haskins Ron |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5/13 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SawhillIsabel V |
| Soggetto topico |
Social mobility - United States
Social classes - Economic aspects - United States |
| ISBN |
9786612403620
0-8157-0393-7 1-282-40362-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Our Vision; Public Values and Attitudes; The Changing Fortunes of the Rich, the Poor, and the Middle Class; Opportunity in the United States; Why Family Background Matters; Perspectives on Poverty; Middle-Class Complaints; Expanding Educational Opportunity; Supporting and Encouraging Work; Strengthening Families; Paying the Bills; Appendix A: Grants, Loans, and Tax Provisions for Postsecondary Students; Appendix B: The Bush Marriage Initiative; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778409903321 |
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Haskins Ron
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| Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating an opportunity society [[electronic resource] /] / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill
| Creating an opportunity society [[electronic resource] /] / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill |
| Autore | Haskins Ron |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5/13 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SawhillIsabel V |
| Soggetto topico |
Social mobility - United States
Social classes - Economic aspects - United States |
| ISBN |
9786612403620
0-8157-0393-7 1-282-40362-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Our Vision; Public Values and Attitudes; The Changing Fortunes of the Rich, the Poor, and the Middle Class; Opportunity in the United States; Why Family Background Matters; Perspectives on Poverty; Middle-Class Complaints; Expanding Educational Opportunity; Supporting and Encouraging Work; Strengthening Families; Paying the Bills; Appendix A: Grants, Loans, and Tax Provisions for Postsecondary Students; Appendix B: The Bush Marriage Initiative; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807360103321 |
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Haskins Ron
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| Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Divided : the perils of our growing inequality / / edited by David Cay Johnston
| Divided : the perils of our growing inequality / / edited by David Cay Johnston |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : The New Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305 |
| Soggetto topico |
Equality - United States
Income distribution - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-59558-944-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Insights on Inequality; OVERVIEW; Inequality and Democracy; The Vanishing Middle Class; Necessaries; INCOME INEQUALITY; How Gains at the Top Injure the Middle Class; Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery; Wage Theft; Home Depot's CEO-Size Tip; Why Do So Many Jobs Pay So Badly?; In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives; Household Wealth Inequality; Inequality Across Generations; "I Didn't Do It Alone"; Arthur A. Robertson and the 1929 Crash; Graduates v. Oligarchs; EDUCATION; No Rich Child Left Behind; Achievement Gap; Back to School
Educational Quality and EqualityHEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; Health and Income Inequalities Are Linked; Unequal Quality of Care; Reducing Health Care Disparities; Universal Health Care; U.S. Health Care Costs the Most-by Far; Inequality Kills; DEBT AND POVERTY; Jailed for Being in Debt; America's Poverty "Tax"; Hunger in America; Georgia's Hunger Games; Living Down to Expectations; POLICY; How Economics Is Biased Toward the Rich; Don't Drink the Kool-Aid; Social Security Reduces Inequality-Efficiently, Effectively, and Fairly; Arguments For and Against Income Inequality; Inequality of Hazard A Different Kind of EpidemicPrison's Dilemma; FAMILY; Men and Their Underpaid Women; Race, Gender, Family Structure, and Poverty; Employed Parents Who Can't Make a Living; Contributors; Additional Reading; Permissions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464821303321 |
| New York : , : The New Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Divided : the perils of our growing inequality / / edited by David Cay Johnston
| Divided : the perils of our growing inequality / / edited by David Cay Johnston |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : The New Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305 |
| Soggetto topico |
Equality - United States
Income distribution - United States |
| ISBN | 1-59558-944-9 |
| Classificazione | POL024000POL029000POL019000SOC045000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Insights on Inequality; OVERVIEW; Inequality and Democracy; The Vanishing Middle Class; Necessaries; INCOME INEQUALITY; How Gains at the Top Injure the Middle Class; Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery; Wage Theft; Home Depot's CEO-Size Tip; Why Do So Many Jobs Pay So Badly?; In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives; Household Wealth Inequality; Inequality Across Generations; "I Didn't Do It Alone"; Arthur A. Robertson and the 1929 Crash; Graduates v. Oligarchs; EDUCATION; No Rich Child Left Behind; Achievement Gap; Back to School
Educational Quality and EqualityHEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; Health and Income Inequalities Are Linked; Unequal Quality of Care; Reducing Health Care Disparities; Universal Health Care; U.S. Health Care Costs the Most-by Far; Inequality Kills; DEBT AND POVERTY; Jailed for Being in Debt; America's Poverty "Tax"; Hunger in America; Georgia's Hunger Games; Living Down to Expectations; POLICY; How Economics Is Biased Toward the Rich; Don't Drink the Kool-Aid; Social Security Reduces Inequality-Efficiently, Effectively, and Fairly; Arguments For and Against Income Inequality; Inequality of Hazard A Different Kind of EpidemicPrison's Dilemma; FAMILY; Men and Their Underpaid Women; Race, Gender, Family Structure, and Poverty; Employed Parents Who Can't Make a Living; Contributors; Additional Reading; Permissions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786409203321 |
| New York : , : The New Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Divided : the perils of our growing inequality / / edited by David Cay Johnston
| Divided : the perils of our growing inequality / / edited by David Cay Johnston |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : The New Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305 |
| Soggetto topico |
Equality - United States
Income distribution - United States |
| ISBN | 1-59558-944-9 |
| Classificazione | POL024000POL029000POL019000SOC045000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Insights on Inequality; OVERVIEW; Inequality and Democracy; The Vanishing Middle Class; Necessaries; INCOME INEQUALITY; How Gains at the Top Injure the Middle Class; Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery; Wage Theft; Home Depot's CEO-Size Tip; Why Do So Many Jobs Pay So Badly?; In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives; Household Wealth Inequality; Inequality Across Generations; "I Didn't Do It Alone"; Arthur A. Robertson and the 1929 Crash; Graduates v. Oligarchs; EDUCATION; No Rich Child Left Behind; Achievement Gap; Back to School
Educational Quality and EqualityHEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; Health and Income Inequalities Are Linked; Unequal Quality of Care; Reducing Health Care Disparities; Universal Health Care; U.S. Health Care Costs the Most-by Far; Inequality Kills; DEBT AND POVERTY; Jailed for Being in Debt; America's Poverty "Tax"; Hunger in America; Georgia's Hunger Games; Living Down to Expectations; POLICY; How Economics Is Biased Toward the Rich; Don't Drink the Kool-Aid; Social Security Reduces Inequality-Efficiently, Effectively, and Fairly; Arguments For and Against Income Inequality; Inequality of Hazard A Different Kind of EpidemicPrison's Dilemma; FAMILY; Men and Their Underpaid Women; Race, Gender, Family Structure, and Poverty; Employed Parents Who Can't Make a Living; Contributors; Additional Reading; Permissions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812153703321 |
| New York : , : The New Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The economists' voice : top economists take on today's problems / / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, J. Bradford DeLong, editors
| The economists' voice : top economists take on today's problems / / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, J. Bradford DeLong, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 330.9/0511 |
| Soggetto topico | Environmental policy - United States - History - 21st century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-231-52786-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the Certainties, and What They Imply About Action -- 2. Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy -- 3. A New Agenda for Global Warming -- 4. A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol -- 5. Divergent Views on the Coming Dollar Crisis -- 6. U.S. Offshoring: Small Steps to Make It Win- Win -- 7. Advance Market Commitments: How to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases -- 8. Should We Still Support Untrammeled International Capital Mobility? Or Are Capital Controls Less Evil Than We Once Believed? -- 9. The Economic Cost of the Iraq War -- 10. The High Cost of the Iraq War -- 11. Sense and Nonsense About Federal Deficits and Debt -- 12. Government Deficits and the Deindustrialization of America -- 13. Confusions About Social Security -- 14. The Many Definitions of Social Security Privatization -- 15. The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security -- 16. Could Social Security Go Broke? -- 17. A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate -- 18. Tax Reform: Time for a Plan C? -- 19. Taxes on Investment Income Remain Too High and Lead to Multiple Distortions -- 20. Progressive Consumption Taxation as a Remedy for the U.S. Savings Shortfall -- 21. Was Welfare Reform Successful? -- 22. Cutting the Safety Net One Strand at a Time -- 23. The Choose- Your- Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving -- 24. Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans or Just Give Residents Checks? -- 25. Does College Still Pay? -- 26. How to Deal with Terrorism -- 27. The Economics of Capital Punishment -- 28. On the Economics of Capital Punishment -- 29. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence -- 30. Reply to Donohue and Wolfers on the Death Penalty and Deterrence -- 31. Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty -- 32. Reply: The Death Penalty Once More -- 33. Long- Term Perspectives on the Current Boom in Home Prices -- 34. The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble -- 35. What to Do About Fannie and Freddie? -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463419903321 |
| New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The economists' voice : top economists take on today's problems / / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, J. Bradford DeLong, editors
| The economists' voice : top economists take on today's problems / / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, J. Bradford DeLong, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 330.9/0511 |
| Soggetto topico | Environmental policy - United States - History - 21st century |
| ISBN | 0-231-52786-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the Certainties, and What They Imply About Action -- 2. Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy -- 3. A New Agenda for Global Warming -- 4. A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol -- 5. Divergent Views on the Coming Dollar Crisis -- 6. U.S. Offshoring: Small Steps to Make It Win- Win -- 7. Advance Market Commitments: How to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases -- 8. Should We Still Support Untrammeled International Capital Mobility? Or Are Capital Controls Less Evil Than We Once Believed? -- 9. The Economic Cost of the Iraq War -- 10. The High Cost of the Iraq War -- 11. Sense and Nonsense About Federal Deficits and Debt -- 12. Government Deficits and the Deindustrialization of America -- 13. Confusions About Social Security -- 14. The Many Definitions of Social Security Privatization -- 15. The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security -- 16. Could Social Security Go Broke? -- 17. A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate -- 18. Tax Reform: Time for a Plan C? -- 19. Taxes on Investment Income Remain Too High and Lead to Multiple Distortions -- 20. Progressive Consumption Taxation as a Remedy for the U.S. Savings Shortfall -- 21. Was Welfare Reform Successful? -- 22. Cutting the Safety Net One Strand at a Time -- 23. The Choose- Your- Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving -- 24. Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans or Just Give Residents Checks? -- 25. Does College Still Pay? -- 26. How to Deal with Terrorism -- 27. The Economics of Capital Punishment -- 28. On the Economics of Capital Punishment -- 29. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence -- 30. Reply to Donohue and Wolfers on the Death Penalty and Deterrence -- 31. Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty -- 32. Reply: The Death Penalty Once More -- 33. Long- Term Perspectives on the Current Boom in Home Prices -- 34. The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble -- 35. What to Do About Fannie and Freddie? -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788220303321 |
| New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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