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Christopher Jencks
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Christopher Jencks (October 22, 1936 – February 8, 2025) was an American social scientist.
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Most people assume that low benefits just force recipients to live frugally. But low benefits have another, more sinister effect that neither conservatives nor liberals like to acknowledge: they force most welfare recipients to lie and cheat in order to survive.
“The Real Welfare Problem”
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Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society
Category:Harvard University faculty
Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Category:Scientists from Baltimore
Category:University of Chicago faculty