[PEN-L:11553] Re: Marxist response to East Timor

[Brad De Long <delong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Brad is correct that we all do not need to work on every issue.  Maybe he
> can
> tell us more about Primus's study.  Does he come up with anything new?
> Brad De Long wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> It's on the web at http://www.cbpp.org/8-22-99wel.htm
>
> It's an important paper, the first to signal with empirical
> evidence that something is rotten in welfare reform.  It
> provoked an echo on the WaPo editorial page.
>
> Primus analyzes data from 95 to 97, a 'before and after'
> snapshot of welfare reform and shows that income among
> the lowest quintile of single women with children has
> decreased, notwithstanding the macro-boom.  Other good
> stuff too.  Highly recommended.
>
> mbs

And if these are the effects of welfare reform in--ahem!--the
strongest American economy in a generation...


Brad DeLong