Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Subject "Wealth"

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    • Assets and Liberty: Encouraging Healthy Savings Habits for Low-Income Households 

      Voorhees, S. Tyler
      Our current welfare system places too much of an emphasis on income and consumption over wealth and assets. The United States has a long history of encouraging asset accumulation for all classes. We also have a long tradition ...

    • Shue and Mencius on the Provision of Subsistence 

      Chamberlain, Joshua D.
      In this work, I will examine the approaches for the provision of subsistence to those whose subsistence is threatened offered by Henry Shue in Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence and U.S. Foreign Policy (BR) and the ...

    • Zakat: A Tool for Poverty Alleviation 

      Theodossiou, Taylor M.
      The zakat, or involuntary almsgiving, is a means by which Islam attempt to address poverty. The concept of zakat may be strange to anyone who is not familiar with the Islamic religion. . . . The zakat is not unique in ...