How to Save the Underclass
How to Save the Underclass by R. Marris, published by Palgrave Macmillan UK on October 17, 1996, explores the complex issues surrounding the emergence of an underclass in society. This edition, consisting of 229 pages, presents a detailed analysis of the economic and social factors contributing to this phenomenon, particularly focusing on the impact of a slowdown in growth and its effects on the labor market for unskilled workers.
Readers will find that Marris employs a combination of statistical, sociological, and psychological analysis, alongside insights from recent developments in brain science, to address the moral implications of growing income inequality. The book critiques popular solutions such as lower wages and welfare reform, arguing that these approaches often benefit the affluent while failing to address the root causes of the underclass. Marris advocates for a renewed emphasis on economic growth as a means to combat these issues, while also discussing the necessity of managing the welfare state in the face of ongoing challenges.
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The outstanding moral problem of our time is the emergence of an underclass, provoking both pity and an angry political backlash. Robin Marris finds that a slowdown in growth is the root cause, leading to a collapse of the labour market for unskilled men in particular. Fashionable solutions such as lower wages or welfare reform benefit those already well-off, and exacerbate growing income inequality. He employs statistical, sociological and psychological analysis and new developments in ‘brain science’ to show how the creation of an open society with increased equality of opportunity risks creating an unnecessarily excessive meritocracy. The solution is restoring national and international priority to the objective of growth. If this fails, damage limitation is essential. We must learn to live with the welfare state.
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