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Transfer Spending, Taxes, and the American Welfare State
Wallace C. Peterson
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Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCZ; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
In 1989 the federal government spent $1197 billion, a mind-boggling sum that is almost impossible to visualize. Since there were 248. 8 million people living in the United States in that year, the government spent an average of $4811 for every man, woman, and child in the nation. For a hypothetical family of four, federal spending in 1989 amounted to an average of$19,244. To put this sum in perspective, the money income of an American family averaged $35,270 in the same year. To finance spending $1197 billion, the government collected taxes from American citizens and residents in an amount of ... Read more
In 1989 the federal government spent $1197 billion, a mind-boggling sum that is almost impossible to visualize. Since there were 248. 8 million people living in the United States in that year, the government spent an average of $4811 for every man, woman, and child in the nation. For a hypothetical family of four, federal spending in 1989 amounted to an average of$19,244. To put this sum in perspective, the money income of an American family averaged $35,270 in the same year. To finance spending $1197 billion, the government collected taxes from American citizens and residents in an amount of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401057455
SKU
V9789401057455
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99-15
Reviews for Transfer Spending, Taxes, and the American Welfare State
`Let there be no doubt. Some of the best economic comment in our time, unabashedly liberal and egalitarian, comes these days like a fresh breeze from the Great Plains. The source is Wallace Peterson, a longtime professor and truly distinguished scholar at the University of Nebraska. He was never more cogent than in this well- ... Read more