16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 ...
-
Upload
caroline-mcgee -
Category
Documents
-
view
226 -
download
2
Transcript of 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 ...
![Page 1: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
![Page 2: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
16
Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking
![Page 3: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Video: The Big Picture 16
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/SSA_SHARED_MEDIA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_Social_Welfare_Seg1_v2.html
![Page 4: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
16
Learning Objectives
Identify the main policy tools that American government can employ to address economic problems, and contrast Keynesian and supply-side economics
Compare and contrast entitlement and means-tested social welfare programs
16.1
16.2
![Page 5: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
16
Learning Objectives
Assess the extent of economic inequality in America and the role of government in lessening it
Trace the change over time in major federal welfare programs
16.3
16.4
![Page 6: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
16
Learning Objectives
Outline how America’s Social Security program works and the challenge of keeping it financially solvent in the coming years
Distinguish American social welfare policy from that of other established democracies
16.5
16.6
![Page 7: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
16
Learning Objectives
Assess the impact of social welfare policies on democracy and the scope of government in America
16.7
![Page 8: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Video: The Basics 16
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/SSA_SHARED_MEDIA_1/polisci/presidency/Seg2_EconomicPolicy_v2.html
![Page 9: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Two Major Worries: Unemployment and Inflation
Policies for Controlling the Economy
Why It Is Hard to Control the Economy
16.1Economic Policymaking
![Page 10: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Unemployment rate 10% in Great Recession Underemployment rate Tracked by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Inflation Rise in price of goods and services Consumer price index (CPI) Averages 4%
16.1Two Major Worries: Unemployment and Inflation
![Page 11: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Laissez-faire
Monetary policy and the “fed” Federal Reserve Board Meets in secret; not accountable to Congress Manipulating the amount of money
16.1Policies for Controlling the Economy
![Page 12: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Fiscal policy: Keynesian v. supply-side economics Taxing, spending, borrowing Keynesian economic theory Supply-side economics
16.1Policies for Controlling the Economy
![Page 13: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
16.1Chairman of the Fed, Ben Bernanke
![Page 14: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
16.1FIGURE 16.1: How the Obama administration’s predictions of the impact of the 2009 stimulus plan went awry
![Page 15: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Video: Thinking Like a Political Scientist
16.1
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/SSA_SHARED_MEDIA_1/polisci/presidency/Seg4_EconomicPolicy_v2.html
![Page 16: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
“Political business cycle” Presidents control economy to win elections
Private sector dominates economy Federal government is ¼ of GDP Impact of government policies gradual
16.1Why It Is Hard to Control the Economy
![Page 17: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
16.116.1 Laissez-faire economic theory holds that government intervention in the economy:
a. Is needed during recessions and depressions
b. Is key to preventing inflation
c. Is detrimental to economic growth and prosperity
d. Is necessary only when interest rates are too high
![Page 18: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
16.116.1 Laissez-faire economic theory holds that government intervention in the economy:
a. Is needed during recessions and depressions
b. Is key to preventing inflation
c. Is detrimental to economic growth and prosperity
d. Is necessary only when interest rates are too high
![Page 19: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Video: In Context 16.1
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/SSA_SHARED_MEDIA_1/polisci/presidency/Seg3_EconomicPolicy_v2.html
![Page 20: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Biggest government expense
Only 17% goes to poor
16.2Types of Social Welfare Policies
![Page 21: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Entitlement programs Social Security, Medicare Largest and most expensive
16.2Types of Social Welfare Policies
![Page 22: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Means-tested programs Food stamps, Medicaid Fear of dependency
16.2Types of Social Welfare Policies
![Page 23: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
16.216.2 Which of the following is an example of an entitlement program?
a. Food stamps
b. Medicaid
c. Postal service
d. Medicare
![Page 24: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
16.216.2 Which of the following is an example of an entitlement program?
a. Food stamps
b. Medicaid
c. Postal service
d. Medicare
![Page 25: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Explore the Simulation: You Are the Federal Reserve Chair
16.2
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/long/long_longman_media_1/2013_mpsl_sim/simulation.html?simulaURL=18
![Page 26: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Explore Economic Policy: Who Broke the Economy?
16.2
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/long/long_edwards_mpslgia_16/pex/pex16.html
![Page 27: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Who’s Getting What?
Who’s Poor in America?
How Public Policy Affects Income
16.3Income, Poverty, and Public Policy
![Page 28: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
16.399%
![Page 29: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Income distribution Sense of justice and equality in a democracy Relative deprivation increasing
Wealth versus income Income is amount collected in given time Wealth is value of assets 1/3 of wealth held by 1% 1/3 held by 90%
16.3Who’s Getting What?
![Page 30: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
16.3FIGURE 16.2: Increase in income inequality and the rise of the top 1%
![Page 31: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Poverty line $11,139 in 2010
46.6 million Americans poor in 2010 15.2% of population
Demographics of poverty Feminization of poverty
16.3Who’s Poor in America?
![Page 32: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
16.3If landmass were divided like wealth
![Page 33: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
16.3FIGURE 16.3: Poverty rates for persons with selected characteristics, 2010: A comparison of the official and supplemental measures
![Page 34: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Taxation Progressive Proportional Regressive
16.3How Public Policy Affects Income
![Page 35: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Government Expenditures Transfer payments Social security, unemployment benefits, food stamps, etc.
16.3How Public Policy Affects Income
![Page 36: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
16.3EBT at the farmers’ market
![Page 37: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
16.3TABLE 16.1: The major social welfare programs
![Page 38: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
16.316.3 What percentage of Americans live below the poverty line?
a. 5.3%
b. 10%
c. 15.2%
d. 25.6%
![Page 39: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
16.316.3 What percentage of Americans live below the poverty line?
a. 5.3%
b. 10%
c. 15.2%
d. 25.6%
![Page 40: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Video: In the Real World 16.3
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/SSA_SHARED_MEDIA_1/polisci/presidency/Seg5_EconomicPolicy_v2.html
![Page 41: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
“Welfare” as We Knew It
Ending Welfare as We Knew It: The Welfare Reform of 1996
16.4Helping the Poor? Social Policy and the Needy
![Page 42: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
FDR’s New Deal programs Social Security Act of 1935 AFDC
Johnson’s War on Poverty Food stamps
16.4“Welfare” as We Knew It
![Page 43: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Republican’s war on dependency “Welfare queens” Deadbeat dads The undeserving poor/African Americans
16.4“Welfare” as We Knew It
![Page 44: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) States would run their own programs Two year limit for benefits Lifetime maximum of 5 years From AFDC to TANF
Reforms were effective Benefit dollar amounts declined Number of recipients declined
16.4Ending Welfare as We Knew It: The Welfare Reform of 1996
![Page 45: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
16.4Climb Wyoming
![Page 46: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
16.4FIGURE 16.4: How welfare reform drastically reduced the welfare rolls
![Page 47: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
16.416.4 Which of the following was a goal of welfare reform?
a. Reduce the number of people living in poverty
b. Reduce the number of children who lack medical insurance
c. Reduce the number of people receiving welfare benefits
d. Reduce the need for job training to get people off welfare
![Page 48: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
16.416.4 Which of the following was a goal of welfare reform?
a. Reduce the number of people living in poverty
b. Reduce the number of children who lack medical insurance
c. Reduce the number of people receiving welfare benefits
d. Reduce the need for job training to get people off welfare
![Page 49: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
Growth of Social Security
Reforming Social Security
16.5Social Security: Living on Borrowed Time
![Page 50: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
Popular program
Modest benefits Average $1,229/month
Most expensive public policy But fiscally sound Surplus depleting since 2010
What is the solution?
16.5Growth of Social Security
![Page 51: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
Politically difficult Older Americans have high voting rate
Reform proposals Bush: Put 1/3 into private investments Obama: Increase age to receive benefits Lower inflation raises Reduce benefits for wealthy recipients Raise contribution amounts
16.5Reforming Social Security
![Page 52: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
16.516.5 Which of the following was a Social Security reform proposed by President Bush?
a. Lower age to receive benefits
b. Increase contributions
c. Raise age to receive benefits
d. Divert funds to stock market
![Page 53: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
16.516.5 Which of the following was a Social Security reform proposed by President Bush?
a. Lower age to receive benefits
b. Increase contributions
c. Raise age to receive benefits
d. Divert funds to stock market
![Page 54: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
The European welfare state
Taxes and benefits
Individual v. government responsibility
16.6Social Welfare Policy Elsewhere
![Page 55: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
16.616.6 What is the main difference in the American and European attitudes toward poverty?a. Americans believe poverty is your own
fault
b. Europeans believe poverty is a result of circumstances beyond your control
c. Both A & B
d. Neither A nor B
![Page 56: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
16.616.6 What is the main difference in the American and European attitudes toward poverty?a. Americans believe poverty is your own
fault
b. Europeans believe poverty is a result of circumstances beyond your control
c. Both A & B
d. Neither A nor B
![Page 57: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
Democracy and Economic and Social Welfare Policies
Economic and Social Welfare Policies and the Scope of Government
16.7Understanding Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking
![Page 58: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
Problems of free enterprise addressed via democracy Government regulation demanded Limits to economic freedom
Groups unequal in political resources Policy inertia
16.7Democracy and Economic and Social Welfare Policies
![Page 59: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
16.7Child labor
![Page 60: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
Liberals and conservatives disagree Liberals advocate more govt. intervention Conservatives want less
Welfare state too big or too small? Depends which side you are on
16.7Economic and Social Welfare Policies and the Scope of Government
![Page 61: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
16.716.7 The viewpoint that the welfare state is too large and serves an undeserving clientele is likely to be espoused by:
a. A liberal
b. A conservative
c. Both
d. Neither
![Page 62: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
16.7 The viewpoint that the welfare state is too large and serves an undeserving clientele is likely to be espoused by:
a. A liberal
b. A conservative
c. Both
d. Neither
16.7
![Page 63: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
Discussion Question
What tools does the government possess to intervene in the economy? Who wields these tools and how effective are they in improving economic growth? Why do conservatives and liberals disagree about social welfare policy?
16
![Page 64: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
Video: So What? 16
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/SSA_SHARED_MEDIA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_Social_Welfare_Seg6_v2.html
![Page 65: 16 Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking Video: The Big Picture 16 IA_1/polisci/presidency/Edwards_Ch16_Economic_and_So.](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062313/56649f435503460f94c62e17/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
Further Review: On MyPoliSciLab
Listen to the Chapter
Study and Review the Flashcards
Study and Review the Practice Tests
16