The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

by NicholasBarr (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 10 May 2001

ISBN 10: 0199246599
ISBN 13: 9780199246595