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Reforming the Welfare State
Richard B. Freeman (Ed.)
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Description for Reforming the Welfare State
Hardcover. Over the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Bringing together leading economists, this book examines Sweden's policies in response to the mid-1990s crisis and the implications for the subsequent recovery. Editor(s): Freeman, Richard B.; Swedenborg, Birgitta; Topel, Robert H. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 352 pages, 75 line drawings, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Over the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Sweden's generous social programs and the economic equality they fostered became an example for other countries to emulate. Of late, Sweden has also been much discussed as a model of how to deal with financial and economic crisis, due to the country's recovery from a mid-1990s banking crisis. At that time economists debated whether the welfare state caused Sweden's crisis and should be reformed - a debate with clear parallels to ... Read more
Over the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Sweden's generous social programs and the economic equality they fostered became an example for other countries to emulate. Of late, Sweden has also been much discussed as a model of how to deal with financial and economic crisis, due to the country's recovery from a mid-1990s banking crisis. At that time economists debated whether the welfare state caused Sweden's crisis and should be reformed - a debate with clear parallels to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226261928
SKU
V9780226261928
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About Richard B. Freeman (Ed.)
Richard B. Freeman is a research associate of the NBER and holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University. Birgitta Swedenborg is research director of the Center for Business and Policy Studies in Sweden. Robert H. Topel is the Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Professor in Urban and Labor Economics in the Booth Graduate School of Business ... Read more
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