Well, no one else has posted anything to this conference, so I might as well do so! Since Edin and Lein's research goes a long way toward dispelling common myths about welfare, I thought some of you might be wondering what the effects of the recent welfare "reforms" are having, esp. in light of the recession we are currently in. If so, you might care to check out http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020204&s=ehrenreich (easiest to copy and paste the address), where you'll find an article by two leading scholars.