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Growing Public, Further Evidence: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century

By Peter H. Lindert

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521821754, 9780521821759, 9780511196164
Open Library ID
OL22598175M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1572574 bytes)
Volume
Volume 2
Edition
1
Pages
242\242
Topic
Economy
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Taxes and transfers have been debated for centuries, but only recently are we able to see the total picture of the evolution of social spending. This book examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. Peter Lindert argues that, contrary to the intuition of many economists and the ideology of many politicians, social spending has contributed to, rather than inhibited, economic growth. Also Available...Growing Public, Volume 1: The Story

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