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Wealth and welfare states : is America a laggard or leader? / Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater, and Timothy Smeeding.

Garfinkel, Irwin.; Rainwater, Lee.; Smeeding, Timothy M.
2010
361.65 G231w 2010
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Title
Wealth and welfare states : is America a laggard or leader? / Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater, and Timothy Smeeding.
Author
Garfinkel, Irwin.
ISBN
9780199579303 (hbk.)
019957930X (hbk.)
9780199579310 (pbk.)
0199579318 (pbk.)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
ix, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
361.65 G231w 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)444384346
(OCoLC)444384346
Summary
"This book explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations, and in particular looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Why all rich nations have large welfare states
The size, nature, and universality of welfare state transfers
How welfare state programs redistribute income, reduce poverty and inequality, build and sustain human capital, and promote opportunity
A short American-centric history of welfare state programs and outcomes
Explaining American exceptionalism : laggard in public relief and social insurance : leader in education
Explaining US divergence in the last quarter of the twentieth century : the long swing right
The future of the American welfare state.
Added Author
Rainwater, Lee.
Smeeding, Timothy M.
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