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"Comparatively little has been written on administration in the rapidly developing field of public welfare. Because of the demand for a simple presentation giving a general survey of the field, the American Public Welfare Association felt that it was important to undertake the task. With clear understanding of the difficulties involved in presenting the broad view of these large problems rather than undertaking the detailed examination of a specific problem, we offer this book as a starting point. If the presentation can serve as a stimulus for other publications in the field, we shall feel well repaid for our efforts"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)

A brief introduction to means-tested public benefit - Financial deprivation in the United States -- Issues in designing a means test -- Family members as sources of support -- Legal entitlements and program administration -- Responsive entitlements -- Functional entitlements and service programs -- Federalism in public benefits programs -- Effort to change claimant's behavior -- Public benefits and the politics of work -- Public benefits as an extension of immigration law -- Disability issues and public benefits -- A look to the future of anti-poverty strategies

Intro -- Benjamin M. Anderson, Economics and the Public Welfare -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. 5 -- Foreword by Arthur Kemp, p. 9 -- Preface, p. 13 -- Economics and the Public Welfare -- Part I. World War I -- The Prewar World, 1913, p. 21 -- The Outbreak of the War in 1914, p. 25 -- The War Prosperity, p. 36 -- Physical Volume of Production and Constitution, 1914-22, p. 39 -- Index Numbers of Wages Per Hour and Wholesale Prices in the United States, p. 41 -- Our War Economic Policy, p. 44 -- The Federal Reserve System, 1914-18, p. 55 -- Part II. The Postwar Boom, Crisis, and Revival, 1919-23, p. 59 -- The Postwar Boom, 1919-20, p. 61 -- The Causes of the Crisis of 1920, p. 70 -- The Crisis - 1920-21, p. 80 -- The Rapid Revival - August 1921 to March 1923, p. 90 -- The Government's Contribution to the Revival, 1921-23, p. 92 -- The Money Market, 1920-23 - Renewed Bank Expansion, p. 95 -- Our Foreign Policy, 1919-24, p. 100 -- Germany, 1918-24, p. 106 -- France, 1918-24, p. 112 -- The Dawes Plan, p. 115 -- Part III. The First Phase of the New Deal, 1924-32, p. 123 -- Depression and Rally of 1924 - The Beginning of the New Deal, p. 125 -- Money, Bank, Credit, and Capital, p. 131 -- The Extent of Bank Expansion, 1922-28, p. 144 -- The Causes of and the Responsibility for the Excess Reserves, p. 151 -- Germany, 1924-28, p. 158 -- France, 1925-26, p. 164 -- Great Britain, 1925-27, p. 171 -- The De Facto Stabilization of the Franc, and the Gold Exchange Standard, p. 177 -- The Consequences of the Cheap Money Policy in the United States Down to the Summer of 1927, p. 182 -- The Conference of Governors and the Intensification of Cheap Money, 1927, p. 188 -- The Stock Market Boom, 1927-29, p. 192 -- Mob Mind in 1928-29, p. 203 -- The Effect on Europe of Tight Money in the United States in 1929, p. 205.