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How the relationship between government and economy has changed since "The Great Society"
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Oct 2, 2024
Decades after the promise of "The Great Society" for Americans, President Biden is once again changing the relationship between the economy and the government.
American presidents and the rhetoric of poverty
by
Noel King
Jan 8, 2014
January 8, 2014, marks fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty in America.
50 years of the War on Poverty. But which poverty?
Jan 8, 2014
The 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's declaration of the War on Poverty.