Inclusion in the American Dream: Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy / Edition 1

by Michael Sherraden

Overview

Inclusion in the American Dream brings together leading scholars and policy experts on the topic of asset building, particularly as this relates to public policy. The typical American household accumulates most of its assets in home equity and retirement accounts, both of which are subsidized through the tax system. But the poor, for the most part, do not participate in these asset accumulation policies. The challenge is to expand the asset-based policy structure so that everyone is included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195168204
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/21/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Michael Sherraden in Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and founding director of the Center for Social Development (CSD) at Washington University in St. Louis. Sherraden originated the phrase "asset-based policy," which suggests that social policy and programs should promote not merely income and consumption, but also savings and investment.

Editorial Reviews

"[This book's] contributors include some of the most important scholars currently involved in the field, and in many ways, the book offers a state-of-the-art account of asset policy. ...this important book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the asset approach."Social Development Issues

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