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The New Property: Welfare Rights, Goldberg v. Kelly, and Proceduralization of Dependence

  • Writer: Jeff Kellick
    Jeff Kellick
  • Nov 22, 2025
  • 1 min read

From General Welfare to the Great Society - Ep. 07



This episode shows how legislative programs became constitutional rights—the final step in making the welfare state permanent. How Hamilton’s vision of general welfare through Roosevelt’s revolution of 1937 through to Johnson’s Great Society became entrenched and immune to rollback.

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