Any form of capitalism adulterated by social welfare programs
100
What does Thomas Malthus argue regarding the poor?
That providing assistance to the poor would encourage them to breed
100
Do married women today have legal claims on their husband’s earnings?
No.
100
"The growth of social welfare programs did not undermine the family; the growth of ___________ did."
Competitive Capitalism
100
What is inter-generational reciprocity?
Supporting elderly parents to repay them for raising you.
200
What does the term “crowding out” mean in this article?
Describes how government expenditures might not really stimulate the economy because their effect would be canceled out by the resulting reduction in private investment.
200
What were some criticisms of the family wage in the early 1900’s?
oThere was no evidence that the higher wage would mean more spending on family and many recipients of the family wage were unmarried and childless.
200
In what year did women in the US win the right to vote in federal elections?
1921
200
"Social insurance programs developed in large part because they were more ________________ than family networks."
Efficient and reliable
200
Why did birth rates go down in the 1950's and 1960's
Opportunity cost to have additional children went up.
300
How do economists use the term “rent seeking”?
To describe the efforts of interest groups to grab ever larger pieces of the economic pie
300
Why was public support for parents less attractive in US than Europe after WWII?
The US could easily attract immigrants
300
In the 1980's and 1990's welfare mothers in the United States had a ________ average number of children as other mothers.
Same
300
"Most campaigns to reduce social spending and to privatize programs such as Social Security declare that individuals should ___________."
Take more responsibility for themselves (Self-Reliance)
300
Married women who paid taxes into Social Security received exactly the same benefits in the old age as ________?
A housewife who never paid any taxes at all.
400
What is the “daddy state”?
Male-dominated political authority. Law and tradition reinforcing the power of men.
400
What was the most important piece of social welfare legislation passed in the US in 1935?
The social security act.
400
Until well into the ____________, the structure of political authority in the United States was male dominated."
Twentieth century
400
"It is often said that the growth of capitalism is about the growth of ____________."
Individualism.
400
Social Security does not reward _______?
Non-market work of raising children and caring for dependents.
500
Driving recklessly due to having insurance or hypochondriacs going to the doctor because they have health insurance.
What is a moral hazard mentioned in the article?
500
Who advocated for a program that would use sales tax dollars to support the elderly over the age of 65?
Dr. Townsend
500
In what year did 40 states and 2 territories offer "mother's pensions?"
1921
500
"Conservatives often argue that welfare programs bear responsibility for historical increases in the percentage of families _______________."
Maintained by women alone.
500
Who said: "The paramount destiny and mission of women are to fulfill the noble and benign office of wife and mother"?