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Public Insurance and Private Markets
Jeffrey R. . Ed(S): Brown
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Description for Public Insurance and Private Markets
Hardback. Public Insurance and Private Markets offers market-based guidelines for the proper scope of government intervention and the design of public insurance programs-guidelines that will benefit the U.S. economy and protect the resources of future generations. Editor(s): Brown, Jeffrey R. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white tables, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
As America debates the merits of government-provided health insurance, it is important to note that the U.S. government is already the largest insurance provider in the world. For decades, it has used taxpayer funds to support the world's largest health care insurance programs (Medicare and Medicaid) as well as the biggest pension and disability insurance system (Social Security). The recent economic crisis has prompted the government to dramatically increase its insurance role by assuming large equity positions in private firms and bailing out troubled mortgages buyers and sellers. Do these public insurance programs improve social welfare? Or does government intervention ... Read more
As America debates the merits of government-provided health insurance, it is important to note that the U.S. government is already the largest insurance provider in the world. For decades, it has used taxpayer funds to support the world's largest health care insurance programs (Medicare and Medicaid) as well as the biggest pension and disability insurance system (Social Security). The recent economic crisis has prompted the government to dramatically increase its insurance role by assuming large equity positions in private firms and bailing out troubled mortgages buyers and sellers. Do these public insurance programs improve social welfare? Or does government intervention ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
AEI Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Washington DC, United States
ISBN
9780844743257
SKU
V9780844743257
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99-15
About Jeffrey R. . Ed(S): Brown
Jeffrey R. Brown is William G. Karnes Professor of Finance and director of the Center for Business and Public Policy at the University of Illinois.
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