Table of Contents
The political myths and economic realities of the welfare state / Richard M. Ebeling -- Help the poor : abolish welfare / Charles Murray -- The new welfare debate : how to practice effective compassion / Marvin Olasky -- Welfare before the welfare state : the British experience / David G. Green -- Poverty, politics, and personal responsibility / Dwight R. Lee -- Whose welfare? / Gordon Tullock -- Progress, poverty, and democracy / Richard E. Wagner -- Welfare reform in Michigan / Gary Wolfram -- The conservative vision and the demise of the welfare state / Pete du Pont -- Life after welfare / Gleaves Whitney -- Poverty / Ludwig von Mises -- Compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance / Ludwig von Mises.