Recommended Reading

Many analysts believe that the concept of asset development is the most promising new idea on the social policy landscape and the most viable unifying framework for the future. See   J. Larry Brown and Larry W. Beeferman "From New Deal to New Opportunity," The American Prospect 12(3).

Take for granted the triumph of a "people's capitalism"--the idea that the rising stock market of the 1990s lifted all ships? See Edward N. Wolff, "The Rich Get Richer: And Why the Poor Don't," The American Prospect12(3).

Determining precisely who are the poorest Americans would seem to be a simple enough thing to do. But like many bureaucratic tasks, counting up the official poor is fraught with political complications. See Laura Maggi, "The Poor Count," The American Prospect 11(7).