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Questions whether the promoted European 'social investment' strategy is able to regenerate the welfare state, promote social inclusion, create more and better jobs, and help address the challenges posed by the economic crisis, globalisation, ageing and climate change.
Are welfare states in crisis? Forty years after Gunnar Myrdal's seminal "Beyond the Welfare State", it is still little grasped in the "reform" debate that the whole structure and economies of our societies are being transformed. This book reasserts the importance of a new employ…
Yew-Kwan Ng provides arguments for the exclusive concern with efficiency ("a dollar is a dollar") in all specific areas of public economic policy, leaving the objective of equality to be achieved through the general tax/transfer system. Public policies should ultimately maximize…
Economics of social issues
by Register, Charles A., Grimes, Paul W., Sharp, Ansel M.
fromMcGraw-Hill series economics
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Sharp, Register, and Grimes' "Economics of Social Issues" originated the social issues approach to teaching basic economic principles. This edition reflects the important societal trends and public debates current at the time. Currency and relevance are the motivations behind th…
This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). Six new chapters have been added, and several chapters from the previous edition have been extensively revised. The discussion of empirical work in public choice has been greatly expanded. As …
The second edition of "Public Finance: A Normative Theory" brings new and updated information to this text. Through its concentration on the microeconomic theory of the public sector in the context of capitalist market economics, it addresses the subjects traditionally at the he…
The Oxford handbook of philosophy of economics
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics is a cutting-edge reference work to philosophical issues in the practice of economics. It is motivated by the view that there is more to economics than general equilibrium theory, and that the philosophy of economics should reflect …
This accessible and non-technical introductory text presents the principal methods and key concepts involved in understanding and applying cost-benefit analysis, and demonstrating how to evaluate whether an investment project or policy proposal will contribute to increase social…
Gines de Rus incorporates the latest thinking on issues such as the treatment of risk and uncertainty, and the importance of institutional arrangements in ensuring the correct use of the technique. These issues are blended seamlessly into the relevant case studies, rather than t…
