ABSTRACT
Theodore R. Marmor is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. His major interests are in the field of social welfare policy, especially medical care and cash transfers, both within the United States and comparatively. Mr. Marmor began his evaluation and comparison of competing income maintenance schemes as a staff member of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin (1967–1970). He served as a special consultant to the President’s Commission on Income Maintenance Programs (1968–1969). Marmor’s essay sets forth criteria by which to compare cash transfer proposals that address similar problems and critically discusses the preoccupation of much of the American cash transfer debate with mechanisms of administration.
