1. An unfinished agenda. The evolving welfare system. Conservatives: the runaway welfare state. Liberals: neglected opportunity. A radical assault on government. An immediate agenda -- 2. For want of trying. Helping the "truly needy". Motivation among the poor. Movement out of poverty. The availability of jobs. Working to escape poverty. The meaning of dependency -- 3. Hindrance instead of help. Poverty as a moral problem. Families in poverty. Stifling the engines of growth. Destroying private initiatives. The assault on local control -- 4. Nothing to be done. The threat to freedom. Opportunity versus equality of result. Poverty: a figment of imagination? Individual choice and social change. Poverty and dependency: an alternative view -- 5. Programs that made a difference. A record of federal achievement. Pragmatic choices an political realities -- 6. A renewed quest for opportunity. Reagan's assault on opportunity. The flight from public responsibility. The pursuit of opportunity. Mending the safety net. An affordable welfare state. A coalition for opportunity.
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