Poverty, economics, and society / edited by Helen Ginsburg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1972Description: xxiv, 339 pages : illustrations, tables ; 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 309.1/73/092
LOC classification:
  • HC 110. P6 G48 1972
Contents:
Part one: Poverty: perspectives from the past -- Chapter one: The preindustrial society --
1. Bloody legislation against paupers / Karl Marx --
2. Should the unemployed be hanged? / Sir William Petty --
3. The origin of the poor law and the law of settlement / Adam Smith
Chapter two: The onslaught of industrialism: classical economics, critics, social thinkers --
4. The high earnings of labor are an advantage to society / Adam Smith --
5. A plan for social reform / Thomas Paine --
6. Poverty is nature's punishment for overpopulation / Thomas Robert Malthus --
7. An answer to Malthus / William Godwin --
8. Wages should be left to the fair and free competition of the market / David Ricardo --
9. Change the environment and change the man / Robert Owen --
10. The distribution of wealth depends on the laws and customs of society / John Stuart Mill --
Chapter three: The challenge of Marxism --
11. The attitude of the bourgeoisie towards the proletariat / Friedrich Engels --
12. Relative surplus population and capital accumulation / Karl Marx --
Chapter four: Black poverty: slavery and the post-Civil War South --
13. Life in the slave quarters and life in the big house / Frederick Douglass --
14. The condition of black people in the South, 1980 / W.E. Burghardt DuBois --
Chapter five: Late nineteenth and early twentieth century views of poverty --
15. Progress and poverty / Henry George --
16. The poor are the unfit / Herbert Spencer --
17. Rerum Novarum / Pope Leo XIII --
18. The Innuit Indians and the London poor / Jack London --
19. The working girls of New York / Jacob Riis --
20. The continued progress of the working classes under capitalism / Alfred Marshal --
21. Transferring income from the rich to the poor / A.C. Pigou --
Chapter six: The Great Depression and its aftermath --
22. One-third of a nation / Franklin Delano Roosevelt --
23. Security for a people / Social Security Board --
24. The general theory of employment, interest, and money / John Maynard Keynes --
25. Business is the first to seek relief / Fiorello H. LaGuardia --
Part two: Contemporary poverty in the United States -- Chapter seven: The rediscovery of poverty in the affluent society --
26. What is povery? / Oscar Ornati --
27. The meaning of poverty / President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs --
28. Hunger and malnutrition in the United States / Clark Subcommittee, U.S. Senate --
29. The other America revisited / Michael Harrington --
30. Capitalism and persistent poverty / Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy --
31. A view of the poverty program / Tom Hayden --
Chapter eight: On being poor--
32. Facts and fictions about the poor / Elizabeth Herzog --
33. The welfare system / President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs --
34. Nigger / Dick Gregory --
35. Why the poor remain poor / President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs --
36. Congress and the rats / U.S. Civil Rights Commission and Congressional Record --
Chapter nine: The invisible poor: far away or forgotten --
37. Red man's heritage: the lagoon of excrement / Robert G. Sherrill --
38. Mississippi / Leon Howell --
39. Appalachia: the corporate fiefdom / Harry M. Caudill --
40. The economics of aging / Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate --
Chapter ten: A harvest of shame --
41. The condition of farm workers and small farmers / National Sharecroppers Fund --
42. Farm labor / G.C. Henry --
43. Letter from Delano / Cesar Chavez --
Chapter eleven: Racism, black poverty, and ghettos --
44. How the federal government builds ghettos / National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing --
45. The impact of housing patterns on job opportunities / National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing --
46. Menial jobs and black poverty / National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders --
47. For Sam Smith, hospital orderly: a battle whose time has come / John. M. McClintock --
48. Blame the negro child / Doxey A. Wilkerson --
49. Comparing the immigrant and the negro experience / National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders --
Chapter twelve: Poverty, inequality, and unemployment --
50. Poverty, income inequality, and privilege / Robert L. Heilbroner --
The relationship between liberty and equality --
51. Liberalism and egalitarianism / Milton Friedman --
52. Equality and liberty / R.H. Tawney --
The trade-off between unemployment and inflation --
53. Analytical aspects of unemployment / Walter Galenson --
54. The no-job corps / Art Buchwald --
Chapter thirteen: The paths from poverty --
55. The alleviation of poverty / Milton Friedman --
56. A "freedom budget" / A. Philip Randolph Institute --
57. Recommendations for National Action / National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders --
58. The myth and irrationality of black capitalism / James Boggs --
The peace dividend: swords into plowshares? --
59. Reorder national priorities / National Commission on the causes and Prevention of Violence --
60. There will be no peace dividend / Daniel Patrick Moynihan --
61. Why we need socialism in America / Michael Harrington.
Summary: "The purposes of this book are many. On the one hand, the book will acquaint readers with the facts and controversies of contemporary American poverty. But it will also show how theories about poverty evolved from specific economic, social, and political environments; it will point out the different assumptions, values, and goals implied by various theories; it will illustrate how these theories have been used by different groups and classes to promote their own economic, social and political interests; and it will show the influence of the past on contemporary theories and policies." -- From the introduction.
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Table of contents contains racial epithets.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335), appendix, and index.

Part one: Poverty: perspectives from the past -- Chapter one: The preindustrial society --

1. Bloody legislation against paupers / Karl Marx --

2. Should the unemployed be hanged? / Sir William Petty --

3. The origin of the poor law and the law of settlement / Adam Smith

Chapter two: The onslaught of industrialism: classical economics, critics, social thinkers --

4. The high earnings of labor are an advantage to society / Adam Smith --

5. A plan for social reform / Thomas Paine --

6. Poverty is nature's punishment for overpopulation / Thomas Robert Malthus --

7. An answer to Malthus / William Godwin --

8. Wages should be left to the fair and free competition of the market / David Ricardo --

9. Change the environment and change the man / Robert Owen --

10. The distribution of wealth depends on the laws and customs of society / John Stuart Mill --

Chapter three: The challenge of Marxism --

11. The attitude of the bourgeoisie towards the proletariat / Friedrich Engels --

12. Relative surplus population and capital accumulation / Karl Marx --

Chapter four: Black poverty: slavery and the post-Civil War South --

13. Life in the slave quarters and life in the big house / Frederick Douglass --

14. The condition of black people in the South, 1980 / W.E. Burghardt DuBois --

Chapter five: Late nineteenth and early twentieth century views of poverty --

15. Progress and poverty / Henry George --

16. The poor are the unfit / Herbert Spencer --

17. Rerum Novarum / Pope Leo XIII --

18. The Innuit Indians and the London poor / Jack London --

19. The working girls of New York / Jacob Riis --

20. The continued progress of the working classes under capitalism / Alfred Marshal --

21. Transferring income from the rich to the poor / A.C. Pigou --

Chapter six: The Great Depression and its aftermath --

22. One-third of a nation / Franklin Delano Roosevelt --

23. Security for a people / Social Security Board --

24. The general theory of employment, interest, and money / John Maynard Keynes --

25. Business is the first to seek relief / Fiorello H. LaGuardia --

Part two: Contemporary poverty in the United States -- Chapter seven: The rediscovery of poverty in the affluent society --

26. What is povery? / Oscar Ornati --

27. The meaning of poverty / President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs --

28. Hunger and malnutrition in the United States / Clark Subcommittee, U.S. Senate --

29. The other America revisited / Michael Harrington --

30. Capitalism and persistent poverty / Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy --

31. A view of the poverty program / Tom Hayden --

Chapter eight: On being poor--

32. Facts and fictions about the poor / Elizabeth Herzog --

33. The welfare system / President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs --

34. Nigger / Dick Gregory --

35. Why the poor remain poor / President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs --

36. Congress and the rats / U.S. Civil Rights Commission and Congressional Record --

Chapter nine: The invisible poor: far away or forgotten --

37. Red man's heritage: the lagoon of excrement / Robert G. Sherrill --

38. Mississippi / Leon Howell --

39. Appalachia: the corporate fiefdom / Harry M. Caudill --

40. The economics of aging / Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate --

Chapter ten: A harvest of shame --

41. The condition of farm workers and small farmers / National Sharecroppers Fund --

42. Farm labor / G.C. Henry --

43. Letter from Delano / Cesar Chavez --

Chapter eleven: Racism, black poverty, and ghettos --

44. How the federal government builds ghettos / National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing --

45. The impact of housing patterns on job opportunities / National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing --

46. Menial jobs and black poverty / National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders --

47. For Sam Smith, hospital orderly: a battle whose time has come / John. M. McClintock --

48. Blame the negro child / Doxey A. Wilkerson --

49. Comparing the immigrant and the negro experience / National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders --

Chapter twelve: Poverty, inequality, and unemployment --

50. Poverty, income inequality, and privilege / Robert L. Heilbroner --

The relationship between liberty and equality --

51. Liberalism and egalitarianism / Milton Friedman --

52. Equality and liberty / R.H. Tawney --

The trade-off between unemployment and inflation --

53. Analytical aspects of unemployment / Walter Galenson --

54. The no-job corps / Art Buchwald --

Chapter thirteen: The paths from poverty --

55. The alleviation of poverty / Milton Friedman --

56. A "freedom budget" / A. Philip Randolph Institute --

57. Recommendations for National Action / National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders --

58. The myth and irrationality of black capitalism / James Boggs --

The peace dividend: swords into plowshares? --

59. Reorder national priorities / National Commission on the causes and Prevention of Violence --

60. There will be no peace dividend / Daniel Patrick Moynihan --

61. Why we need socialism in America / Michael Harrington.

"The purposes of this book are many. On the one hand, the book will acquaint readers with the facts and controversies of contemporary American poverty. But it will also show how theories about poverty evolved from specific economic, social, and political environments; it will point out the different assumptions, values, and goals implied by various theories; it will illustrate how these theories have been used by different groups and classes to promote their own economic, social and political interests; and it will show the influence of the past on contemporary theories and policies." -- From the introduction.

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