The Town Without Poverty
March 2, 2013 5:06 AM Subscribe
For five years, Mincome ensured there would be no poverty in Dauphin, Manitoba.
Draft of The town with no poverty, by Evelyn L. Forget (pdf), published in Canadian Public Policy
Draft of The town with no poverty, by Evelyn L. Forget (pdf), published in Canadian Public Policy
This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz
Interesting article, thanks! $17M for a $500k program is soberingly expensive, but such an approach looks unavoidable ultimately.
See also Nate Silver's What Is Driving Growth in Government Spending? I interpret his answer as recession via welfare like unemployment, demographics via social security and healthcare, and rent seeking via healthcare and law enforcement, but that's a longer discussion.
posted by jeffburdges at 5:27 AM on March 2, 2013
See also Nate Silver's What Is Driving Growth in Government Spending? I interpret his answer as recession via welfare like unemployment, demographics via social security and healthcare, and rent seeking via healthcare and law enforcement, but that's a longer discussion.
posted by jeffburdges at 5:27 AM on March 2, 2013
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