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Economic thought and the reform of the welfare state
Author(s) -
Peacock Sir Alan
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00139
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , economics , welfare state , state (computer science) , public economics , welfare , welfare reform , social welfare , economic reform , economic welfare , economic system , development economics , market economy , political science , politics , law , algorithm , computer science , programming language
Economics has become increasingly important in the analysis of the objectives, scope and effects of the welfare state and its future development, with the interesting result of producing growing support for ‘liberalist’ methods of social reform.