by Henry Oliner | Jun 29, 2019 | Economics
Inequality masks a concern for poverty. Then why do we not simply address the problem of poverty? Why do we cloak it with concern for inequality? If five of my associates with similar incomes sat at a table and Bill Gates sat down with us, the inequality at that table...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 21, 2017 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
From The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs by John F Cogan (pp. 381-382). Stanford University Press. Kindle Edition: The data reveal just how far entitlements have departed from their original purpose of providing a measure...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 8, 2016 | Business, Economics
The left is unable or unwilling to articulate any limitation of the welfare state and unable or unwilling to acknowledge the social costs of long term dependency. Moves to push the recipients to work must recognize and correct the policy hurdles placed on the...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 30, 2015 | Economics
“By now it should be clear how all this relates to the “improvidence of the poor.” Unfortunately, talking about the self-defeating choices poor people so often make generates a lot of discomfort, because it is usually the first step of an argument that seeks to blame...
by Henry Oliner | May 29, 2015 | Economics
William McGurn writes The Poverty Preening of Professor Obama in The Wall Street Journal: Excerpt: Now, leave aside the argument of whether poverty owes more to a lack of government spending or to family structure and other social breakdowns. Truth is, it’s simply...
