Welfare's Unintended Consequences

Is America's welfare system destroying the incentive to work? That's what Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers contend in their recent book, The Human Cost of Welfare: How the System Hurts the People It's Supposed to Help.

"The prospect of having all your benefits cut off…or a significant part of your benefits cut off makes people look on earning income as risky," says Harvey.

The co-authors sat down with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie to talk about what they learned from hundreds of welfare recipients they interviewed around the country.

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