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  • Making Social Spending Work

    by Peter H. Lindert ...
    How does social spending relate to economic growth and which countries have got this right and wrong? Peter Lindert examines the experience of countries across the globe to reveal what has worked, what needs changing, and who the winners and losers are under different systems. He traces the development of public education, health care, pensions, and welfare provision, and addresses key questions ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Welfare States

    Achievements and Threats

    by Peter H. Lindert ...
    Series series Elements in Public Economics
    The traditionally, and wrongly, imagined vulnerabilities of the welfare state are economic. The true threats are demographic and political. The most frequently imagined threat is that the welfare state package reduces the level and growth of GDP. It does not, according to broad historical patterns and non-experimental panel econometrics. Large-budget welfare states achieve a host of social ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Growing Public: Volume 1, The Story

    Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century

    by Peter H. Lindert ...
    Growing Public examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. Taxes and transfers have been debated for centuries, but only now can we get a clear view of the whole evolution of social spending. What kept prospering nations from using taxes for social programs until the end of the nineteenth century? Why did taxes and spending then ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Unequal Gains

    American Growth and Inequality since 1700

    by Peter H. Lindert, Jeffrey G. Williamson ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    "Brilliant. . . . A masterpiece in quantitative and qualitative economic research destined to become a classic in its field." ― Library JournalUnequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income—and the result is a bold ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Unequal Gains

    American Growth and Inequality since 1700

    by Peter H. Lindert, Jeffrey G. Williamson ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    A book that rewrites the history of American prosperity and inequalityUnequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today.While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income—and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Unequal Gains

    American Growth and Inequality Since 1700

    by Peter H. Lindert, Jeffrey G. Williamson ...
    Narrated by Brian O'Neill ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 35 min

    Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income-and the result is a bold reassessment of the American economic experience. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • How Big Should Our Government Be?

    by Jon Bakija, Lane Kenworthy, Peter Lindert, Jeff Madrick ...
    The size of government is arguably the most controversial discussion in United States politics, and this issue won't fade from prominence any time soon. There must surely be a tipping point beyond which more government taxing and spending harms the economy, but where is that point? In this accessible book, best-selling authors Jeff Madrick, Jon Bakija, Lane Kenworthy, and Peter Lindert try to ... Read more

    $23.79 USD