Fighting poverty in the US and Europe : a world of difference / Alberto Alesina and Edward L. Glaeser.

The authors describe just how different Europe and America are in the level of State engagement in the redistribution of income. They discuss possible economic and sociological explanations for the difference, including attitudes to the poor, notions of social responsibility, and attitudes to race.

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Main Author: Alesina, Alberto
Other Authors: Glaeser, Edward L. (Edward Ludwig), 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Rodolfo Debenedetti lectures.
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