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Making social spending work / Peter H. Lindert.

How does social spending relate to economic growth and which countries have got this right and wrong? Peter Lindert examines the experience of countries across the globe to reveal what has worked, what needs changing, and who the winners and losers are under different systems. He traces the developm...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Lindert, Peter H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Government spending policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Welfare economics > Cross-cultural studies.
Government spending policy.
Welfare economics.
Cross-cultural studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I Overview
  • Chapter 1 Enduring Issues
  • Chapter 2 Findings and Lessons
  • Part II The Long Rise, and Its Causes
  • Chapter 3 Why Poor Relief Arrived So Late
  • Chapter 4 The Dawn of Mass Schooling before 1914
  • Chapter 5 Public Education since 1914
  • Chapter 6 More, but Different, Social Spending in Rich Countries since 1914
  • Chapter 7 Is the Rest of the World Following a Different Path?
  • Part III What Effects?
  • Chapter 8 Effects on Growth, Jobs, and Life
  • Chapter 9 Why No Net Loss of GDP or Work?
  • Chapter 10 Do the Rich Pay the Poor for All This?
  • Part IV Confronting Threats
  • Chapter 11 Do Immigration Tensions Fray the Safety Nets?
  • Chapter 12 Pensions and the Curse of Long Life
  • Chapter 13 Approaches to Public Pension Reform
  • Chapter 14 Borrowing Social-Spending Lessons
  • References
  • Index.

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