Although America’s social welfare system may be lacking in relative size, it more than makes up for it with its complexities, according to Christopher D. Howard, William & Mary’s Pamela C. Harriman ...

Analysis reveals U.S. welfare system's structural flaws promote fraud over outcomes, with Minnesota case showing need for pay ...

In the two decades since welfare reform, the number of poor families receiving cash welfare has plummeted by more than half. In 2014, just 23 out of every 100 poor families received cash welfare.

One of the big sticking points in the debt limit discussions between President Biden and the House Republicans was whether there should be a small increase in work requirements for people receiving ...

Pensioners walk in the Alameda del Tajo park in Ronda, Spain, in December 2024. Aging populations are a growing burden on Europe's welfare states. Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under ...

Scammers have vacuumed billions out of Minnesota’s lavish human-services spending, and New York social programs are likely ...

In 11 wide-ranging chapters covering history, social policy and the economy, David Matthews grounds his thesis in the following. Anti-capitalist reforms ...

In 2015 I published a book called The Rise of the Military Welfare State that chronicled the history of military benefits and social services in the all-volunteer force. For many in the military, the ...

When Congress reformed the nation's welfare program 20 years ago, it set a new condition for eligibility: Recipients must have a job or be searching for one. But the 1996 reforms also gave states ...

Reprinted with permission from the Niskanen Center. Today I’m proud to release my latest paper for the Niskanen Center, “The Free-Market Welfare State: Preserving dynamism in a volatile world.” You ...

One of the things about America’s welfare-state way of life that has long fascinated me is how welfare-state advocates are convinced that this way of life ...