The Welfare State Revisited

Published by Columbia University Press 2018

The Welfare State Revisited

Edited by: José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz

In the series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization

https://doi.org/10.7312/ocam18544

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About this book

The welfare state has been under attack for decades, but now more than ever we need strong social programs to combat inequality, support social justice, and even improve economic performance. This book brings together distinguished contributors to examine global variations of social programs and make the case for a redesigned welfare state.

Author / Editor information

Ocampo José Antonio :

José Antonio Ocampo is codirector of Banco de la Republica (Colombia’s central bank), professor in the School of International and Public Affairs (on leave for public service), and copresident of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University. His books with Columbia University Press are Growth and Policy in Developing Countries: A Structuralist Approach (2009, coauthor), Development Cooperation in Times of Crisis (2012, coedited with José Antonio Alonso), and Too Little, Too Late: The Quest to Resolve Sovereign Debt Crises (2016, also coedited with Joseph E. Stiglitz), and The Welfare State Revisited (2018).Stiglitz Joseph E. :

Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and a member and former chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. He was the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics. He served on President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, and then joined the World Bank as chief economist and senior vice president. His most recent book is The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future.José Antonio Ocampo is codirector of Banco de la Republica (Colombia’s central bank), professor in the School of International and Public Affairs (on leave for public service), and copresident of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University. He formerly held a number of positions with the United Nations and the government of Colombia. His books with Columbia University Press are Growth and Policy in Developing Countries: A Structuralist Approach (2009, coauthor), Development Cooperation in Times of Crisis (2012, coedited with José Antonio Alonso), and Too Little, Too Late: The Quest to Resolve Sovereign Debt Crises (2016, also coedited with Joseph E. Stiglitz).

Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is also copresident of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute, and the cochair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD. His Columbia University Press books include Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress (2014).

Reviews

Felicia Wong, president and CEO, Roosevelt Institute:
The welfare state is under attack in many countries, but as this volume shows with both moral and economic clarity, must be both defended and refashioned for the twenty-first century. Connecting theoretical research on market failure to cross-country evidence showing the welfare state’s promotion of growth and innovation, with specific sections on topics ranging from women’s inclusion in the labor force to retirement security, The Welfare State Revisited is invaluable for experts and practitioners alike.

François Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics, former Chief Economist of the World Bank:
A most important volume at a time when the negative political consequences and resulting economic damage of a poorly functioning welfare state are so evidently apparent in several major countries. This book shows how the welfare state should be strengthened and adapted to address the mounting economic, social, and environmental challenges of today’s and, most crucially, tomorrow's world.

Howard A. Chernick, Hunter College:
A robust, empirically based defense of extensive, universalist social protection regimes against the neoliberal counterintellectual revolution.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
INITIATIVE FOR POLICY DIALOGUE AT COLUMBIA: CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACRONYMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
PREFACE José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
PART 1
1. The Welfare State in the Twenty-First Century Joseph E. Stiglitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Adapting Labor and Social Protection Systems to Twenty-First-Century Capitalism Sandra Polaski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
3. The Welfare State in the Twenty-First Century: Latest Trends in Social Protection Isabel Ortiz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
4. Supporting Equal Opportunities Through Laws and Policies: Global Progress and Persisting Challenges Jody Heymann and Aleta Sprague Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
5. The Sustainable Development Goals, Domestic Resource Mobilization, and the Poor Nora Lustig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
6. Intrahousehold Inequality and Overall Inequality Ravi Kanbur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
7. Human Capital, Inequality, and Growth Torben M. Andersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
PART II
8. The EU Welfare State: Past, Present, and Future Ernst Stetter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
9. Visible Costs and Hidden Gains Kalle Moene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
10. Social Protection Systems in Latin America: Toward Universalism and Redistribution José Antonio Ocampo and Natalie Gómez-Arteaga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
11. Social Protection in Latin America: Some Challenges for Reducing Inequality Ana Sojo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
12. Do Competitive Markets of Individual Savings Accounts and Health Insurance Work as Part of the Welfare State? Andras Uthoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
13. Innovations in Protecting the Old: Mostly Social Insurance and Some Assets Teresa Ghilarducci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
14. Universal Basic Income and the Welfare State Richard McGahey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
15. Employment Guarantee in the Age of Precarity: The Case of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Amit Basole and Arjun Jayadev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Illustrations
- Other: 65 b&w illustrations

eBook

Published: August 6, 2018
ISBN: 9780231546164