Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe
Author: Alberto Alesina
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0199286108
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this this timely study of the different approaches of America and Europe to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty, the authors describe just how different the two continents are in the level of State engagement in the redistribution of income. They discuss various possible economic and sociological explanations for the difference, including different attitudes to the poor, notions of social responsibility, and attitudes to race.