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Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference

By ALBERTO ALESINA , Edward L. Glaeser

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
9780199267668, 9780199286102, 0199267669, 0199286108, 9781429421843
LCC
HC79.P6 A553 2004
Open Library ID
OL22588954M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1599268 bytes)
Pages
264\263
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this this timely study of the different approaches of America and Europe to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty, the authors describe just how different the two continents are in the level of State engagement in the redistribution of income. They discuss various possible economic explanations for the difference, including different levels of pre-tax income, openness, and social mobility; they survey politico-historical differences such as the varying physical size of nations, their electoral and legal systems, and the character of their political parties, as well as their experiences of war; and they examine sociological explanations which include different attitudes to the poor and notions of social responsibility, as well as, most importantly, attitudes to race.

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