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

by N.A. Barr

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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.
  • ISBN10 0191529893
  • ISBN13 9780191529894
  • Publish Date December 2001
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxford University Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 316
  • Language English