The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

by Nicholas Barr

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199246599
• ISBN13: 9780199246595
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"