The Bad Effects of Good Intentions: Why the Welfare State Inevitably Fails

CVV Inaugural Conference
The Road From Poverty to Freedom: A Look Backward and Forward at the War on Poverty
(Sticht Lecture Hall in the Hall of Arts and Letters)

“The Bad Effects of Good Intentions: Why the Welfare State Inevitably Fails”
By Jeffrey Herbener, Ph.D.
Chair, Economics Department, Grove City College
Senior Fellow, Mises Institute

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Dr. Jeffrey Herbener is chair of the department of economics at Grove City College and fellow for economic theory & policy with the Institute for Faith and Freedom.

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