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"From the Social Welfare State to the Social Investment State"

In this publication, Michael Sheradden of the Center for Social Development discusses why social policy is moving away from income support and toward social and economic development. Sherraden argues that, for a number of resons, asset holding may make the most sense in the case of children.

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