Assalaam alaykum,
"Walter Williams' PBS documentary Good Intentions, based on his book The State Against Blacks (1982). The documentary was very controversial at the time it was released and led to many animosities and even threats of murder.
In Good Intentions, Dr. Williams examines the failure of the war on poverty and the devastating effect of well-meaning government policies on blacks, asserting that the state harms people in the U.S. more than it helps them. He shows how government anti-poverty programs have often locked people into poverty, making the points that:
- being forced to attend 3rd rate public schools leave students unprepared for working life
- minimum wages prevent young people from obtaining jobs at an early age
- licensing and labor laws have had the effect of restricting the entrance of blacks into the skilled trades and unions
- the welfare system creates perverse incentives for the poor to make bad choices they otherwise would not."
Insha'Allah, you'll find that a lot of what Dr. Williams has to say applies to the economy in general, and not just in the United States.
Assalaam alaykum,
Mahdi
Check w/ Walter Williams @ George Mason University, &/or PBS; I think you will find that a SECOND documentary aired on PBS. It had the same title as the book.
ReplyDeleteWalter E Williams had a long-running syndicated newspaper/magazine/internet column. He did us a huge favor in reviewing "The Social Security Swindle" by Irwin Schiff.
The State Against Blacks --should-- be published in large-print or large-type, hardcover.
Read the Taxi chapter --1st--, then the --2-- chapters on occupational licensing.
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