American social policy today largely serves global corporate interests ratherthan the general public according to William Roth. Based on incisive analysesof eco... » 

American social policy today largely serves global corporate interests ratherthan the general public according to William Roth. Based on incisive analysesof economic globalization class politics and bureaucracy The Assault onSocial Policy argues that the perfection of the free market is a myth. Rothanalyzes the rhetoric used to make poverty seem acceptable shows howcorporations affect the distribution of wealth and other resources andconsiders the effect on disabled people criminals children and health care.He concludes that increased transnational corporate power has created the needfor largescale systematic public policy changes. «