贫困问题一直困扰着全世界。在富裕的美国,一部份人的贫困就显得更加引人注目。50、60年代以来,美国政府及企业采取了不少反贫困措施,但问题很多,效果不够理想。在这种情况下,许多学者提出一个“年收入保证”计划,建议政府保证每个家庭或个人的年收入至少达到某一水平,以维持其适当的生活水准,消除贫困。在此,我们就介绍一下 The problem of poverty has plagued the world. In the affluent United States, some people’s poverty is even more noticeable. Since the 1960s, the U.S. government and enterprises have adopted many anti-poverty measures. However, the problems are numerous and the results are not satisfactory. Under such circumstances, many scholars have proposed an “annual income guarantee” plan, suggesting that the government should ensure that each family or individual has annual income of at least a certain level in order to maintain its proper standard of living and eliminate poverty. Here, we introduce