Growing Public

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 the end of the nineteenth century? Why did taxes and spending then grow so much, and what are the prospects for social spending in this century? Why did North America become a leader in public education in some ways and not others? Lindert finds answers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521821754
• ISBN13: 9780521821759
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.3"