The Assault on Social Policy

This book argues that American social policy today largely serves global corporate interests rather than the general public.

Based upon incisive analyses of economic globalization, class, politics, and bureaucracy, Roth argues that the notion of the free market is a myth.

He analyzes the rhetoric used to make poverty seem acceptable, shows how corporations affect the distribution of wealth and other resources, and considers the effect on the disabled, criminals, children, and health care.

He concludes that increased transnational corporate power has created the need for large-scale systematic public policy changes.