Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or Leader?

by Timothy M. Smeeding, Lee Rainwater, Irwin Garfinkel

Book Overview

This book explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations and in particular looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere.

It is widely believed that the welfare state undermines productivity and economic growth, that the United States has an unusually small welfare state, and that it is, and always has been, a welfare state laggard. This book shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199579318
• ISBN13: 9780199579310
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"