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"A richly documented, controversial history of the welfare state...." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author

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Marvin Olasky is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute and the author of twenty-eight books, including The Tragedy of American Compassion and Lament for a Father. From 1983 through 2021 he was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the editor in chief of WORLD. He and his wife, Susan, have four sons.