Murray's Three Laws of Social Programs:
1. The Law of Imperfect Selection: Any objective rule that defines eligibility for a social transfer program will irrationally exclude some persons.
2. The Law of Unintended Rewards: Any social transfer increases the net value of being in the condition that prompted the transfer.
3. The Law of Net Harm: The less likely it is that the unwanted behavior will change voluntarily, the more likely it is that a program to induce change will cause net harm.
Monday, July 22, 2013
Murray's Three Laws of Social Programs
From Charles Murray in Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980. Summarized in this article, The 3 laws of social programs
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