Government versus Markets : A Contemporary and Historical Perspective

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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part One: The Economic Role of the State; One: General Introduction and Main Issues; Part Two: Historical Review; Two: The Role of the State in the Pre-World War II Period; Three: Forces That Changed the Role of the State; Four: Growth of Public Spending and Taxation in the 20th Century; Five: The Role of the State in Social Protection: Historical Landmarks; Six: Globalization and Public Spending; Part Three: Theoretical and Analytical Issues; Seven: Theories of Public-Sector Behavior: Taxonomy of Government Types

Eight: Voluntary Exchange and Public Choice TheoriesNine: The Nordic European Economic Theory of Fiscal Policy; Ten: Policy Tools and Government Roles; Part Four: The Outcome of State Intervention; Eleven: Evaluating the Impact of Public Spending on Socioeconomic Indicators; Twelve: Social Protection in the Modern World: Some Quantitative Aspects; Thirteen: The Role of the State and Economic Performance in the Nordic Countries; Part Five: On the Economic Role of the State in the Future; Fourteen: The Economic Role of the State in the Future: Concluding Reflections; Notes

Chapter One: General Introduction and Main IssuesChapter Two: The Role of the State in the Pre-World War II Period; Chapter Three: Forces That Changed the Role of the State; Chapter Four: Growth of Public Spending and Taxation in the 20th Century; Chapter Five: The Role of the State in Social Protection: Historical Landmarks; Chapter Six: Globalization and Public Spending; Chapter Seven: Theories of Public-Sector Behavior: Taxonomy of Government Types; Chapter Eight: Voluntary Exchange and Public Choice Theories; Chapter Nine: The Nordic European Economic Theory of Fiscal Policy

Chapter Ten: Policy Tools and Government RolesChapter Eleven: Evaluating the Impact of Public Spending on Socioeconomic Indicators; Chapter Twelve: Social Protection in the Modern World: Some Quantitative Aspects; Chapter Thirteen: The Role of the State and Economic Performance in the Nordic Countries; Chapter Fourteen: The Economic Role of the State in the Future: Concluding Reflections; Index;

Part I. Economic Role of State: General introduction and main issuesPart II. Historical Review: The role of the state in the pre-World War II period; Forces that changed the role of the state; Growth of public spending and taxation in the 20th century; The role of the state in social protection: historical landmarks; Globalization and public spending -- Part III. Theoretical and Analytical Issues: Theories of public-sector behavior: taxonomy of government types; Voluntary exchange and public choice theories; The Nordic European economic theory of fiscal policy; Policy tools and government roles -- Part IV. The Outcome of State Intervention: Evaluating the impact of public spending on socioeconomic indicators; Social protection in the modern world: some quantitative aspects; The role of the state and economic performance in the Nordic countries -- Part V. On the Economic Role of the State in the Future: The economic role of the state in the future: concluding reflections.

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