1st Edition
The Third Lie Why Government Programs Don't Work—and a Blueprint for Change
By Richard J Gelles
Copyright 2011
151 Pages
by
Routledge
151 Pages
by
Routledge
151 Pages
by
Routledge
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“I am from the government and I am here to help you” is one of the three biggest lies, or so the old joke goes. Richard J. Gelles, dean of social policy at University of Pennsylvania, explains why government programs designed to cure social ills don’t work in sector after sector…and never could work. He demonstrates how each creates its own bureaucracy to monitor participation in the program, an... Read more
Introduction Government Programs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Chapter 1 There Ought to Be a Law!; Chapter 2 When Good Intentions Go Bad: The Education of Jennifer Felix; Chapter 3 Programs That Work; Chapter 4 Effective Government Social Programs: A New Blueprint; Chapter 5 Rebuilding Main Street: The Futures Account; Chapter 6 Round up the Usual Suspects; Chapter 7 The Drunk and the Lamppost; Chapter 8 The Emperor’s Wardrobe Consultant;
Biography
Richard J Gelles
