Question

charles a murrays book says welfare causes a blank for the poor.

options:

• problem for children
• poverty trap
• the republican party
• a problem for the working class

Explanation:

Identify the core thesis of Charles Murray's work

In his influential 1984 book Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980, conservative political scientist Charles Murray argued that federal social welfare programs unintendedly hurt the very people they were designed to help.

Analyze the mechanism of welfare dependency

Murray posited that welfare benefits alter the incentives of low-income individuals, making it more economically rational to remain on government assistance than to seek low-wage employment or maintain stable family structures, thereby creating a self-reinforcing cycle of dependency.

Match the thesis to the options

This self-reinforcing cycle of dependency that keeps individuals impoverished is widely referred to as a "poverty trap."

Answer:

• problem for children
• poverty trap (Correct answer)
• the republican party
• a problem for the working class