Reassessing/ Avail.hc.only! The Mixed Economy

by Herbert Giersch

Overview

This book provides a reassessment of the government's role in the provision of social insurance. It shows how President Reagan's proposal for a transition to block grants is designed to lay the responsibility for financing the spending in the hands of the same political decision-makers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367300609
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface — Reducing Government Expenditure Growth: A British View — How to Reduce Government Growth: An American View — Restructuring Fiscal Federalism — Policy for the Nationalised Industries: The British Problem — Declining Subsidies to Higher Education: An Economic Analysis — Reassessing the Cost of Social Insurance Programs — Reforming Social Security for Old Age — The Role of Government in the Housing Sector — Market Approaches to Environmental Protection — Deregulating Air Transportation: The U. S. Experience — Kieler Studien — Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel