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It is widely held that economists, as scientists, should not consider ethical values, even in welfare economics and policy evaluation. This volume challenges this view and shows that ethical values have actually been pervasive and important when considering applied issues.
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The sixth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health service, and education.
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How modern economics abandoned classical liberalism and lost its wayMilton Friedman once predicted that advances in scientific... Læs mere
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A groundbreaking intellectual biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential economists The First Serious Optimist... Læs mere
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What do economists have to say about behavior within the context of the family? This book improves our understanding of how families and markets interact, why... Læs mere
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This Oxford Handbook explores the various ways ethics can, does, and should inform economic theory and practice. With esteemed contributors from economics and... Læs mere
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This volume provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and potential of social investment.
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The term 'social security' has a very different meaning in underdeveloped countries and is best understood as poverty alleviation. This work seeks to define social security in its various forms and to examine what sort of programmes are most suitable for developing countries.
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Immiserizing growth occurs when economic growth fails to benefit, or even harms, the poor. This first book-length examination of this phemonenon combines... Læs mere
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Drumbl analyzes the effectiveness of the earned income tax credit (EITC) in the United States and offers suggestions for how it can be improved. This... Læs mere
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Student fees have saddled graduates with enormous debt, satisfaction rates are low, a high proportion of graduates are in non-graduate jobs,... Læs mere
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After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response.