This course is designed to provide an overview of U.S. social welfare policy, with some discussion of other nations' approaches to social welfare policy. We will segment social welfare policy into three major branches: welfare and income-based programs, education, and health. Spending on these three areas comprises more than 70 percent of total government spending in the United States and an even higher fraction in other rich nations. Thus, the topic is fiscally important.
PubPol 746 Social Welfare Policy
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