HIST 240 Lecture : HIST240 lecture september 9.odt
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History of public policy main issues for the course: the rise of the state; the eclipse of private charity. The degree to which public policy has kept up with economic and social change: %70-%85 are now in the service sector of business. How it feels, what it wants and what it gets from the state. If you"re on the upper half of income, you"ll get from the state maybe 200 per year. If you"re over the age of 65, you will get maybe 2000. except for the middle. This is why there may be a backlash for the spending of those just above the bottom. trust, happiness, and expectations. Declining levels of trust in government, rising expectations: happy countries, and people who trust government and each other, tend to be more likely to support redistribution. We"re very happy and trustworthy, but we rank low on the people who support the poor: globalization.
