Paying the Social Debt

Richard F. America works in Washington, D.C., and is a Senior Program Manager in the federal government. He is the author of Developing the Afro-American Economy (1977), coauthor (with Bernard E. Anderson) of Moving Ahead: Black Managers in American Business (1978), and editor of The Wealth of Races (Bloomsbury, 1990). He was a Lecturer at the Schools of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Lecturer at Stanford Business School, and a Development Economist at Stanford Research Institute.

• PrefaceIntroductionMeasuring the Social DebtViewing Social Policy through the Restitution LensHow to Pay the DebtCreative Antitrust: Subsidized Social DivestitureNarrow Inequalities in Income and WealthAffirmative Action, Competitiveness and ProductivityInvest in Reducing CrimeDiscourage Immature Parenting and Welfare DependencyInvest in Persuasive CommunicationsThe Social Debt and Tax ReformSecurity, Productivity, Competitiveness, Economic Strategy, and RestitutionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex