The careless state : wealth and welfare in Britain today /: wealth and welfare in Britain today. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Taylor.
• Other Names: Taylor, Paul
• Contents: The Careless State; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: The trickle-up effect: what is the state for?; CHAPTER TWO: How the somewhat better off became much worse off, and why it made them angry; CHAPTER THREE: The strange ways of spending and saving public money in Britain and their consequences; CHAPTER FOUR: Projecting the trends: another dystopia?; CHAPTER FIVE: How the bubble was inflated in Britain -- and elsewhere -- and the trouble it caused; CHAPTER SIX: In the company of Über-capitalists: living with the extremely rich CHAPTER SEVEN: Good things and bad things: the new frontCHAPTER EIGHT: A modern Walden: having sufficient means and being comfortably off; CHAPTER NINE: Reflections in the storm; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (383 pages)
• Subjects: 338.941; Welfare state -- Great Britain; Economic development -- Great Britain; Welfare economics; Income distribution -- Great Britain; Public welfare -- Great Britain; Wealth -- Great Britain; Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects; Economic development; Income distribution; Public welfare; Wealth; Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects; Welfare economics; Welfare state; Sociology & Social History; Business & Economics; Economic History; Social Conditions; Social Sciences; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1282894609; 9781282894600; 9786612894602; 6612894601; 1849660360; 9781849660365; 1849663556; 9781849663557; 1849661006; 9781849661003
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.