The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Helping the Poor Takes More Than Charity

Some influential commentators and political activists have begun to again argue that government should no longer provide essential social services to the needy, labeling such a practice an unnecessary and undesirable vestige of the New Deal. They say that private initiative should take the place of public responsibility and that charity can be...

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