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The collapse of the financial markets in 2008 and the resulting 'Great Recession' merely accelerated an already worrisome trend: the shift away from an employer-based social welfare system in the United States. Since the end of World War II, a substantial percentage of the costs of social...

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Weitere Verfasser: Hacker, Jacob S., O'Leary, Ann
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Zusammenfassung:The collapse of the financial markets in 2008 and the resulting 'Great Recession' merely accelerated an already worrisome trend: the shift away from an employer-based social welfare system in the United States. Since the end of World War II, a substantial percentage of the costs of social provision--most notably, unemployment insurance and health insurance--has been borne by employers rather than the state. The US has long been unique among advanced economies in this regard, but in recent years, its social contract has become so frayed that is fast becoming unrecognizable. Despite Obama's elec.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 276 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199781966
0199781966
1280594829
9781280594823
9780190252519
0190252510
9786613624659
6613624659

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