The Economic borders of the state
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The Economic borders of the state
Oxford University Press, 1989
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Bibliography: p. 297-313
Includes index
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Description
This volume brings together economists and political scientists to present an assessment of the new government policies, known as "Thatcherism", which have dominated the 1980s. The papers presented here focus on the underlying political economy, and re-examine the role and purpose of the state in the economy. As well as examining the philosophical basis of state intervention, the volume attempts to set new ideas in an historical context and show how they have been translated into practice. To this end, a number of areas of policy - taxation, social security, nationalized industries, macro-economics and local government - are discussed in the latter part of the book.
Table of Contents
- The economic borders of the state, Dieter Helm
- value-judgements and welfare, Alan Ryan
- how large a public sector?, Wilfred Beckerman
- the moral standing of the market, Amartya Sen
- positive freedom, markets and the welfare state, Partha Dasgupta
- Hayek on the market economy and the limits of state action, John Gray
- Keynes and the state, Robert Skidelsky
- contemporary Conservatism and the borders of the state, Gillian Peele
- the macro-economic role of the state, Christopher Allsopp
- the economic functions of the tax system, John Kay
- social security policy - defining the borders of the state, Andrew Dilnot
- public ownership - concepts and applications, Colin Mayer
- the decentralized state - the economic borders of local government, Dieter Helm and Stephen Smith.
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