Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Welfare Reforms Have Been Successful in Helping America's Poor Jeff Jacoby 12
2 Welfare Reforms Have Not Been a Complete Success Katha Pollitt 16
3 Government Programs Should Be More Tailored to America's Poor Margaret Simms 21
4 Government Welfare Hurts Society and Does Not Benefit the Poor: The Libertarian Party 26
5 Education Can Help People out of Poverty Michelle Rhee 30
6 Is Education the Cure for Poverty? Jared Bernstein 35
7 Marriage Reduces Poverty Robert Rector 42
8 Marriage Is Not the Answer to Poverty Polly Toynbee 50
9 Raising the Minimum Wage Will Help the Poor Holly Sklar 55
10 Wage Regulation Will Not Help the Poor Bill Barnes 66
11 Capitalism Is the Cure for Poverty Robert Gelinas 73
12 Unregulated Capitalism Exploits the Poor Barbara Ehrenreich 78
13 Africa Needs Trade More than Aid William Easterly 82
14 Microfinance Can Alleviate Poverty Daniel Howden 87
Organizations to Contact 92
Bibliography 97
Index 101
