"This fully updated new edition of a trusted text retains the accessibility and engaging style of its predecessor. With analysis of the key concepts and theories of welfare, this book examines the potential impact of globalization and the financial crisis, making it core reading for all those...

In this book Peter Diamond analyzes social security as a particular example of optimal taxation theory. Assuming a world of incomplete markets and asymmetric information, he uses a variety of simple models to illuminate the economic forces that bear on specific social security policy issues. The...

Die Kommission versucht exemplarisch in vier Projekten zukunftsweisendeVeränderungstrategien zu entwerfen, die zeigen, wie für Deutschland ökonomische, soziale und ökologische Ziele ausbalanciert erreicht werden können.