The high cost of good intentions : a history of U.S. federal entitlement programs
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Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017].
ISBN
9781503603547, 1503603547
Physical Desc
xii, 500 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Needham - Adult | 361.6 COG | On Shelf |
Wayland - Adult | 361.609 COGAN | On Shelf |
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Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781503603547, 1503603547
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-477) and index.
Description
Federal entitlement programs are strewn throughout the pages of U.S. history, springing from the noble purpose of assisting people who are destitute through no fault of their own. Yet as federal entitlement programs have grown, so too have their inefficiency and their cost. Neither tax revenues nor revenues generated by the national economy have been able to keep pace with their rising growth, bringing the national debt to a record peace-time level. The High Cost of Good Intentions is the first comprehensive history of these federal entitlement programs. Combining economics, history, political science, and law, John F. Cogan reveals how the creation of entitlements brings forth a steady march of liberalizing forces that cause entitlement programs to expand. In this process -- as visible in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as in the present day -- each benefit expansion establishes a new base for future expansions and the entitlement ultimately spreads to a point where the program's original noble purposes are no longer recognizable. His work provides a unifying explanation for the evolutionary path that nearly all federal entitlement programs have followed over the past two hundred years, tracing both their shared past and the financial risks they pose for future generations. -- Inside jacket flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cogan, J. F. (2017). The high cost of good intentions: a history of U.S. federal entitlement programs . Stanford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cogan, John F.. 2017. The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs. Stanford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cogan, John F.. The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs Stanford University Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cogan, John F.. The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs Stanford University Press, 2017.
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