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Tom Corbett

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Tom Corbett is emeritus Senior Scientist and an affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he served as Associate and Acting Director for a decade before his retirement. He received a Doctorate in Social Welfare from the University of Wisconsin and taught various social policy and program evaluation courses there for many years. During his long academic and policy career, he worked with governments at all levels including a stint in Washington D.C. where he helped develop President Clinton’s welfare reform legislation. He has written dozens of articles and reports on poverty, social policy, and human services issues and given hundreds of talks across the nation on these topics. In additi ...more

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Welcome. My name is Tom Corbett, Ph.D., author of Browsing Through My Candy Store and Ouch, Now I Remember. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my new books. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with you here.

I’ll be using this blog to interact with you about Browsing Through My Candy Store and Ouch, Now I Remember, expanding on some of

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	Casual Choices 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ordinary Obsessions 4.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palpable Passions 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The King's Highwaymen (Witches, Gunpowder and Hemlock Book 1) by Tom Corbett (Goodreads Author), Rose Lemke (Illustrator), Kaitlin Kavanagh (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Browsing Through My Candy Store: Selected Reflections of a Policy Wonk! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boat Captain's Conundrum: A Whimsical Tour Through a Policy Wonk's Mind it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 1: by Meran

Oct 04, 2017 10:47PM

Hi Tom!
Your resume is very impressive indeed. On your "friend me" request, you mention sending me one of your books for my perusal. After reading your short biography, I'm curious as to which of your books you thought would interest me.
I'm very much into social change, change that is very much needed. I was one of those truly flabbergasted when the person who had no business being president won.
I see that he's definitely changing things, but am finding that the changes look much more like catastrophes.... changes more like Hurricane Maria than curing bad tax laws,,, or cancer.

Thanks for finding me! (How did you find me? And why me?)

Meran

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