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Family Values with Melinda Cooper

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The Family Wages Convergence, Quta?

There was a remarkable consensus behind universalizing the family wage. For daniel patrick monehan, this was the solution to what he infamously described as the tangled pathologies of the matriarchial black family und her welfare. Even richard nixon supported basic, a basic income scheme. And i think the way i interpret this moment is that it's a reaction to the welfare wrights movement. So in a sense, there, there it was both te concession and the last gas gasp of the family wage consensus.

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