Welfare States: Achievements and Threats

ISBN-13: 9781108464338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 75 str.

Peter H. Lindert

Opis

Outlines the demographic and political threats to the welfare state. These are the rise of anti-immigrant backlash and population aging.

Spis treści

1. The big picture; 2. An imagined threat – isn't the welfare state bad for growth?; 3. Some reasons why growth hasn't suffered; 4. Real demographic–political threat 1 – rising immigration and reaction against it; 5. Real demographic–political threat 2 – aging and gray power; 6. Conclusion.