Child Poverty and Inequality —— Securing a Better Future for America's Children

----- 儿童的未来：美国的财富、贫穷与机遇

ISBN: 9780195305449 出版年：2010 页码：225 Oxford University Press

Long a voice for combatting child poverty, Lindsey takes a balanced approach that begins with a history of economic and family policy from the Great Depression and the development of Social Security and moves onward. He details the shocking extent of economic inequality in the U.S., pointing out that this wealthiest of countries also has the largest proportion of children living in poverty. Calling for reform, Lindsey proposes several viable universal income security policies for vulnerable children and families, strategies that have worked in other advanced democracies and also respect the importance of the market economy. Politicians, pundits, and parents always say that children are the future, but as long as so many grow up poor or without opportunity, that slogan will sound hollow. Duncan Lindsey's book should be read by anyone who wants to know how we can take real action to brighten the future for children and for society as a whole.