The Human Cost of Welfare: How the System Hurts the People It’s Supposed to Help
(Praeger, 2016)
Featuring the authors Phil Harvey, Chief Sponsor, DKT Liberty Project; and Lisa Conyers, Director of Policy Studies, DKT Liberty Project; moderated by Michael Tanner, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
Every year, federal, state, and local governments spend nearly $1 trillion to fight poverty, yet millions of Americans remain trapped in poverty with little hope for the future. Could the welfare system itself be part of the problem? Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers make the case that our current welfare system has failed the poor, hurting the very people it is supposed to help. They suggest that good intentions are not enough and that if we truly want to reduce poverty, we need to understand the limits of government and radically reform our approach to welfare.
