Barr contends that the welfare state exists for reasons besides poverty relief, reasons arising out of pervasive problems of imperfect information, risk and uncertainty. As a result, he argues, the welfare state is here to stay, since 21st century developments don't address these additional reasons.
Barr contends that the welfare state exists for reasons besides poverty relief, reasons arising out of pervasive problems of imperfect information, risk and uncertainty. As a result, he argues, the welfare state is here to stay, since 21st century developments don't address these additional reasons.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Nicholas Barr has a BSc and MSc from the London School of Economics and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He is Reader in Economics at the LSE, the author of numerous books and articles on the economics of the welfare state and the finance of higher education including "The Economics of the Welfare State" (OUP, 3rd edn, 1998) and "Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe" (OUP, 1994), and a member of the editorial board of the "International Social Security Review".
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction Part 1 Economic theory 2: Theory Part 2 Insurance 3: The mirage of private unemployment insurance 4: Problems with medical insurance 5: Twenty-first century insurance issues Part 3 Pensions 6: The economics of pensions 7: Misleading guides to pension design 8: Pension design: the options 9: Twenty-first century pensions issues Part 4 Education 10: Core issues in the economics of education 11: Information problems 12: Designing student loans 13: Financing higher education: the options 14: Twenty-first century education issues Part 5 The welfare state in a changing world 15: The welfare state in post-communist countries 16: The welfare state in a changing world
1: Introduction Part 1 Economic theory 2: Theory Part 2 Insurance 3: The mirage of private unemployment insurance 4: Problems with medical insurance 5: Twenty-first century insurance issues Part 3 Pensions 6: The economics of pensions 7: Misleading guides to pension design 8: Pension design: the options 9: Twenty-first century pensions issues Part 4 Education 10: Core issues in the economics of education 11: Information problems 12: Designing student loans 13: Financing higher education: the options 14: Twenty-first century education issues Part 5 The welfare state in a changing world 15: The welfare state in post-communist countries 16: The welfare state in a changing world
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