This text offers a systematic examination of the origins, character, effects and prospects of generous welfare states in advanced industrial democracies in the post-World War II era. The authors demonstrate that prolonged government by different parties results in different welf…
"Pourquoi est-il si facile d'augmenter les dépenses de l'État mais si difficile de les baisser? Pour quelles raisons le domaine de l'intervention publique s'étend-il sans cesse? Dans quelle mesure les responsables politiques sont-ils influencés par les groupes de pression et dét…
'Sweden has a remarkable political culture that marries market liberalism and social democratic sensibilities. Bergh's fine book helps us get beyond a sense of paradox in that.'- Daniel Klein, George Mason University, USThis book tackles a number of controversial questions regar…
For some, Sweden is proof that a generous welfare state is fully compatible with a growing competitive economy. For others, it is a frightening example of what big government can do to a once thriving economy. Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist Welfare State tackles a numb…
This book explores the Swedish experience of banking development, regulation and financial crisis from 1900 to 2015. It puts the experiences of the past in the context of today’s debate on the future of banking, and argues that the experiences of the Global Financial Crisis that…
Introduction: A very British revolution -- 1. Atmospheric impurity -- 2. Below the poverty line -- 3. Reinventing Liberalism -- 4. The health of the nation -- 5. The well-being of the nation -- 6. The greatest argument for socialism ever produced -- 7. The man you can trust -- 8…
"This new history tells the story of one [of] the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life: the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second World …
"This ... new history tells the story of one [of] the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life: the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second Wo…
