Inclusion in the American Dream

Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy

• Author(s): Michael Wayne Sherraden,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 409
• ISBN_10: 0195168208
  ISBN_13: 9780195168204
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Accounting / General , Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Money Management , Business & Economics / Economics / Theory , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Science / Life Sciences / Botany , SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness ,

Description:... Inclusion in the American Dream brings together leading scholars and policy experts on the topic of asset building, particularly as this relates to public policy. The typical American household accumulates most of its assets in home equity and retirement accounts, both of which are subsidized through the tax system. But the poor, for the most part, do not participate in these asset accumulation policies. The challenge is to expand the asset-based policy structure so that everyone is included.