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The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State
Barr, Nicholas (, Department of Economics, London School of Economics)
The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State
Barr, Nicholas (, Department of Economics, London School of Economics)
This book is about economics and its application to the welfare state. Its core argument is that the welfare state exists for reasons additional to poverty relief, reasons arising out of pervasive problems of imperfect information, risk, and uncertainty.
316 pages, numerous tables and figures
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 10, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780199246595 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 316 |
Dimensions | 166 × 242 × 22 mm · 634 g |
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