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And this week on the Lectures and History podcast, a discussion about President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program.

George Washington University lecturer, Belle Julian Clement, examines the way American poverty policy and the Great Society program sought to provide economic security to the poorest Americans.

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This course, as you know,

examines the development of the U.S. welfare state, the way Americans have gone about making

social provision for themselves. Social provision includes the range of programs aimed at

reducing risk or enhancing quality of life. As you know, our focus has

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