How America cares for its poor : introduction / Jean Hopfensperger
The welfare system has failed / Robert Rector
The welfare system has not failed / Robert Greenstein
Promoting self-sufficiency / Glenn C. Loury
Punishing the poor / Rosemary Radford Ruether
Welfare : a man's perspective / Ronald K. Henry
Welfare : a woman's perspective / Cynthia I. Newbille
Workfare to end welfare : points / Jeffrey H. Joseph
Workfare to end welfare : counterpoints / Barbara R. Bergmann and Heidi I. Hartmann
Government welfare corrupts the poor / John Ashcroft
Government welfare corrupts the rich / Peter Montague
European welfare states : crisis in the making / Nicholas Elliot
European welfare states : preserving social stability / Geoffrey Baldwin
The welfare system subsidizes illegitimacy / William J. Bennett
Welfare is not responsible for out-of-wedlock births / Rebecca M. Blank
Foster care and welfare : reducing big government / Conna Craig
Foster care and welfare : expanding federal responsibility / Marcia Robinson Lowry
Government payments to the disabled : making America ill / Carolyn L. Weaver
Government payments to the disabled : keeping the weak secure / James B. Gardner
Churches and welfare : points and counterpoints / Robert A. Sirico vs. David Beckmann
Private charity vs. public welfare : the point / Peter J. Ferrara
Private charity vs. public welfare : the counterpoint / David Saperstein
Privatizing the welfare state : point and counterpoint / Jeffrey Tucker vs. religious leaders and organizations.
