L'inflation est une calamité, disent aujourd'hui économistes et politiques.00Ils la toléraient pourtant fort bien quand elle accompagnait l'expansion des Trente Glorieuses, quand les classes moyennes accédaient à la consommation et que le chômage était au plus bas. Même la décennie...

Notwithstanding its ruthless dynamics, the capitalist economy has the flaw of deficient employment-generating spending. This leads to unemployment of non-owners, individual suffering, social unrest and it undermines military strength. To deal with these issues, states use prosthetic policies,...

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Welfare State as a Social Compromise.-Chapter 2: Four Worlds of Latin American Welfare States -- Chapter 3: The Political Economy of the Statist and Socio-Corporatist Welfare States -- Chapter 4: The Political Economy of the Commodified, the Familiarist and hybrid...