Calvert Institute Publications

Have the Checks Come In? A Review of Dash's Rosa Lee
Doug Bandow
The word "crisis" is much overused in America these days, but there really is no better word to describe the problems afflicting the nation's inner cities. The social pathologies are overwhelming: illegitimacy, crime, drug use, unemployment and despair. These pathologies seem to grow more intense with each succeeding generation.

No U-Turns: Why Welfare Reform Must Not Be Undone
Douglas P. Munro, Ph.D.
With Bill Clinton’s reelection to the White House, doubtless there will be intensified talk of "revisiting" welfare reform - largely with a view to gutting it. Likewise, at the state level, this reporter recently participated in a public debate on welfare reform at Loyola College in Baltimore.

Child Access Mediation: Saving Time and Money
David L. Levy, J.D.
With all the criticism of non-custodial parents that goes on in Congress over payment of financial child support, it is gratifying to see that at least one jurisdiction in Maryland pays attention to the emotional aspect of child support - parenting. There are financial child-support offices all across America to help parents obtain monetary relief, but offices to help parents with access/visitation problems are almost non-existent.

Welfare Reform in Maryland: A Promising Start, More Must Follow
Edward L. Hudgins, Ph.D.
"You get what you pay for" is a saying no truer than when applied to welfare programs. A study by my Cato Institute colleagues Michael Tanner and Stephen Moore, with David Hartman of Austin’s Hartland Bank, examined the amount of assistance from major federal and federal/state programs that a typical welfare family - a mother with two children - would be eligible for in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.