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The Hidden Welfare State. Tax Expenditures and Social Policy in the United States.
Christopher Howard
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Paperback. Aalyzes the "hidden" welfare state created by such programs as tax deductions for home mortgage interest and employer-provided retirement pensions, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit. This book focuses on the reasons why individuals, businesses, and public officials support tax expenditures. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Despite costing hundreds of billions of dollars and subsidizing everything from homeownership and child care to health insurance, tax expenditures (commonly known as tax loopholes) have received little attention from those who study American government. This oversight has contributed to an incomplete and misleading portrait of U.S. social policy. Here Christopher Howard analyzes the "hidden" welfare state created by such programs as tax deductions for home mortgage interest and employer-provided retirement pensions, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit. Basing his work on the histories of these four tax expenditures, Howard highlights the distinctive characteristics of ... Read more
Despite costing hundreds of billions of dollars and subsidizing everything from homeownership and child care to health insurance, tax expenditures (commonly known as tax loopholes) have received little attention from those who study American government. This oversight has contributed to an incomplete and misleading portrait of U.S. social policy. Here Christopher Howard analyzes the "hidden" welfare state created by such programs as tax deductions for home mortgage interest and employer-provided retirement pensions, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit. Basing his work on the histories of these four tax expenditures, Howard highlights the distinctive characteristics of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691005294
SKU
V9780691005294
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About Christopher Howard
Christopher Howard is Assistant Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary.
Reviews for The Hidden Welfare State. Tax Expenditures and Social Policy in the United States.
"Mr. Howard's book is not meant for the reader with a casual interest in his subject. But... it stimulates all sorts of radical thoughts
some of them perhaps more radical than the author intended."
David Frum, The Wall Street Journal
some of them perhaps more radical than the author intended."
David Frum, The Wall Street Journal