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ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Books > Private Charity and Welfare Reform

A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character
Source: Laissez Faire/St. Martin's Press
Author: Charles J. Sykes
Country: United States
How government subsidies encourage people to be helpless "victims" and its impact on society. Paperback, 1992, 299p., $9.95 from Laissez Faire Books.

Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980
Source: Amazon.com/Basic Books
Author: Charles Murray
Country: United States
The classic book on how and why the War on Poverty is being lost. (pb, 352p., 1985/1995, Amazon price: $14.80)

Solving Problems Without Large Government
Source: Greenwood Publishers/Amazon.com
Author: George Liebmann
Country: United States
Discusses the role of "sub-local government-assisted entities" in providing effective and fair access to services. Numerous examples of vital social functions that are already been handled at this level, in a variety of societies, and throughout history. (Pub. 4/00; hardcover, 208 pp.; Amazon price $59.95)

'The Poverty of Welfare'
Source: Cato Institute/Laissez Faire Books
Author: Michael D Tanner
Country: United States
Detailed book examining the flaws of the welfare mentality and system that also offers solutions. (Pub. 10/03; trade paper; 224 pp.)



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