Foundation for Economic Education Issues Commentary: Beyond the Welfare State
October 17, 2025
October 17, 2025
DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 17 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on Oct. 16, 2025:
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Beyond the Welfare State
How civil society can succeed where welfare has failed.
By Nathan Mayo
Since the launch of the War on Poverty in the 1960s, the rate of those living in poverty, as defined by the US government, has stubbornly persisted. Yet before that, the American poverty rate was dropping fast. It w . . .
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Beyond the Welfare State
How civil society can succeed where welfare has failed.
By Nathan Mayo
Since the launch of the War on Poverty in the 1960s, the rate of those living in poverty, as defined by the US government, has stubbornly persisted. Yet before that, the American poverty rate was dropping fast. It w . . .