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Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation
By Arthur C. Brooks
Posted: Friday, March 28, 2008

This text brings together the established pedagogy of entrepreneurship with cutting edge nonprofit and public management tools.  [Read More]
Who Really Cares
Who Really Cares
The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism
By Arthur C. Brooks
Posted: Monday, November 27, 2006

In Who Really Cares, Arthur C. Brooks outlines strategies for expanding the ranks of givers, for the good of all Americans.  [Read More]
In Our Hands
A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
By Charles Murray
Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2006

This book reveals the ineffectiveness of government redistribution plans and offers a radical new approach to social policy.  [Read More]
Pension Fund Politics: The Dangers of Socially Responsible Investing
Pension Fund Politics
The Dangers of Socially Responsible Investing
Edited by Jon Entine
Posted: Friday, August 12, 2005

Social investing, by both the political left and right, frequently ends up hurting the very people--particularly the economically disadvantaged--that it is supposed to help.  [Read More]
Income Redistribution from Social Security
Income Redistribution from Social Security
By Don Fullerton, Brent D. Mast
Posted: Tuesday, January 4, 2005

The authors assess the importance of knowing as much as possible about how the current Social Security system redistributes money in practice and to whom.  [Read More]
Family and Child Well-Being
Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
Edited by Douglas J. Besharov
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2003

This book explores how low-income children and their families are faring in the wake of welfare reform.  [Read More]
Human Cloning and Human Dignity
Human Cloning and Human Dignity
The Report of the President's Council on Bioethics
Posted: Tuesday, January 1, 2002

A council of leading scientists and philosophers offers wise and provocative insights into the ethical implications of one of the most momentous developments of all--cloning.  [Read More]
Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity
Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity
The Challenge for Bioethics
By Leon R. Kass, M.D.
Posted: Tuesday, January 1, 2002

We are walking too quickly down the road to physical and psychological utopia without pausing to assess the potential damage to our humanity from this brave new biology.  [Read More]
Ending Dependency on Welfare
Ending Dependency
Lessons from Welfare Reform in the U.S.A
By Douglas J. Besharov, Peter Germanis, Jay Hein, Donald K. Jonas, Amy L. Sherman
Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2001

This book examines welfare reform and social and individual responsibilty in the United States.  [Read More]
Rethinking WIC
Rethinking WIC
An Evaluation of the Women, Infants, and Children Program
By Douglas J. Besharov, Peter Germanis
Posted: Monday, January 1, 2001

This book analyzes the research on the effectiveness of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.  [Read More]
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