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The 'reform' of welfare is an historic shift in public policy. One of the central linchpins of the New Deal has been undone. Millions, mostly women and many of them with children, have been thrown off the welfare rolls. Many have landed in dead end low wage jobs. Their quiet lives of desperation are not the grist for prime time specials. The media are largely silent. At the same time politicians trumpet welfare reform as a successful example of compassionate conservatism. Critics are not so sanguine. They call it welfare deform.
Barbara Ehrenreich is one of America's most celebrated social critics. An award-winning writer, her articles and essays appear in major newspapers and magazines. Author of twelve books, her latest is Nickel and Dimed.
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