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Dutch Courage the Morning After
Author(s) -
Wassell Martin
Publication year - 1984
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/j.1468-0270.1984.tb00463.x
Subject(s) - courage , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , revenue , economics , welfare , welfare state , government revenue , political science , market economy , law , finance , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science , politics
For years the Netherlands has been lauded as the examplar of the compassionate welfare state. But now government spending is being reined back in a desperate attempt to stop the economy from collapsing under the weight of fiscal incontinence, initially disguised by North Sea gas revenue. Martin Wassell shows how the Dutch government, through necessity, may be setting the lead in rolling back the state.