The Economic Borders of the State

ISBN-13: 9780198286066 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 336 str.

Dieter R. Helm

Opis

Here, distinguished contributors focus on four principal subjects: value judgments and welfare economics; freedom, distribution, and the welfare state; instrumental efficiency and politics; as well as applications of the state in economics.

Recenzje

'The general standard of these papers is high. They are clearly written, free of technicalities, and judicious.' Robert Sugden, Economic Journal

Spis treści

Dieter Helm: The economic borders of the State; Alan Ryan: Value-judgements and welfare; Wilfred Beckerman: How large a public sector?; Amartya Sen: The moral standing of the market; Partha Dasgupta: Positive freedom, markets, and the welfare state; John Gray: Hayek on the market economy and the limits of state action; Robert Skidelsky: Keynes and the state; Gillian Peele: Contemporary conservatism and the borders of state; Christopher Allsopp: The macro-economic role of the state; John Kay: The economic functions of the tax system; Andrew Dilnot: Social security policy, defining the borders of the state; Colin Mayer: Public ownership: concepts and applications; Dieter Helm & Stephen Smith: The decentralized state: The economic borders of local government