Growing Public: Volume 2, Further Evidence: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century

by Peter H. Lindert

Book Overview

Growing Public examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. What kept prospering nations from using taxes for social programs until... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521529174
• ISBN13: 9780521529174
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"