"Public health officials in Finland called occupational burnout a hazard of the new economy. A quick glance at the history of labor reveals how every economic regime comes with its own forms of dis-ease. This book, based on fieldwork in Finland, rethinks welfare and the political economy's...

In many developed countries lone parent families face high rates of child poverty. Among those lone parents who do get child maintenance there is a hidden problem. States may retain all, or a proportion, of the maintenance that is paid in order to offset other fiscal costs. Thus, the potential...