Two new books by lefties, both published by Princeton University Press. "Social Science, Social Policy and the Poor in 20th Century America, " by Alice O'Connor. Blurbed by William Julius Wilson and Michael Katz and I think, Herbert gans, as well. Michael Katz, new book, did not write down the title, check the P.U.P. website.
Last week, All Things Considered interviewed the statistician at the Dept. of Labor who came up with the basket of goods guidelines for poverty for a family of X back in the 60's. Michael Pugliese