Robert Doar is the president and Morgridge Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Doar joined AEI in 2014 to create a new body of work on poverty studies, after serving for more than 20 years in leadership positions in the social service programs of New York State and New York City under Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. AEI's poverty studies program and the scholars in it have since become leading voices in the national discussion on the importance of work, family, and personal responsibility in human flourishing. While at AEI, Mr. Doar has served also as a co-chair...
Overview
Robert Doar explores the history and future trajectory of welfare policy in America. Weaving together personal anecdotes and statistical insights, he explains the significant progress that has been made to alleviate poverty in past decades. At the same time, he maps out many of the obstacles still standing in the way of further advances. Developed through his own decades of experience and influenced by his father's public service, Robert outlines the most important features of an effective anti-poverty program that promotes work, family life, and civil society in order to lay the groundwork for a more prosperous America.
