Title: The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State
Abstract: 1. Introduction PART 1 ECONOMIC THEORY 2. Theory PART 2 INSURANCE 3. The mirage of private unemployment insurance 4. Problems with medical insurance 5. Twenty-first century insurance issues PART 3 PENSIONS 6. The economics of pensions 7. Misleading guides to pension design 8. Pension design: the options 9. Twenty-first century pensions issues PART 4 EDUCATION 10. Core issues in the economics of education 11. Information problems 12. Designing student loans 13. Financing higher education: the options 14. Twenty-first century education issues PART 5 THE WELFARE STATE IN A CHANGING WORLD 15. The welfare state in post-communist countries 16. The welfare state in a changing world
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-05-10
Language: en
Type: book
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