Welfare Economics

Economic theories and models shape our everyday lives. They are relied on by politicians when tax rises or cuts are being considered. They inform d...

Introduction and conclusion available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deployin...

The author raises some fundamental questions about the distribution of wealth. Why is it that those who produce the wealth, the workers, receive on...

A timely and incisive look at austerity measures that succeedand those that dontFiscal austerity is hugely controversial. Opponents argue that it c...

In the critically acclaimed La Fin de la Pauverté?, Romain D. Huret identifies a network of experts who were dedicated to the post-World War II bat...

For the last five years, Britain has been under the hammer of ''Austerity''. In its name, wages have been frozen, benefits have been slashed and pu...

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about pove...

Poverty, and calls to end it, date back centuries. Even in prosperous modern times, despite the huge transformation of society, poverty has persist...