Research Catalog

Title

The economics of the welfare state / Nicholas Barr.

Author

Barr, N. A.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1993.

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Description

xv, 495 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Great Britain > Economic policy > 1945-
• Welfare economics

Note

• "Originating publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, The Orion Publishing Group, London"--T.p. verso.
• "Major new edition"--Spine.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-481) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The Historical Background -- 3. Political Theory: Social Justice and the State -- 4. Economic Theory 1: State Intervention -- 5. Economic Theory 2: Insurance -- 6. Problems of Definition and Measurement -- 7. Financing the Welfare State -- 8. Contributory Benefits 1: Unemployment, Sickness and Disability -- 9. Contributory Benefits 2: Retirement Pensions -- 10. Non-Contributory Benefits -- 11. Strategies for Reform -- 12. Health Care -- 13. Education -- 14. Housing -- 15. Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0804722064 (cloth)
• 0804722056 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^93083252^

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Harvard Library