In her classic study of welfare and welfare policies in Victorian England, Gertrude Himmelfarb reminded us of "the mischievous ambiguity of the word 'poor.' 

My assignment is to discuss the problems of poverty and poverty alleviation in the modern United States.

As the idea of privatizing a portion of Social Security gains currency, a debate with the old guard is intensifying over what constitutes "radical" reform.

President Clinton's Inaugural Address this month is the 53rd in the series that began in 1789. All are worth a read--not just the highlights, such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and FDR. They will give you a feeling of being there, not as an omniscient historian of 1997 looking back...

President Clinton's Inaugural Address this month is the 53rd in the series that began in 1789. All are worth a read--not just the highlights, such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and FDR. They will give you a feeling of being there, not as an omniscient historian of 1997 looking back...

Domestic markets will become more contestable and competition among firms across countries will intensify.

Four reasons this economic golden age could end.

The West may have to tolerate more imports but that is better than leaving Tokyo to sink.