Are the western welfare states still competitive?
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Intereconomics
- Vol. 22 (3) , 112-119
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02932231
Abstract
Is there a contradiction between international competitiveness and the central principles of the welfare state? The following article examines both the negative and the positive ways in which welfare statism can affect a country’s ability to compete on international markets.Keywords
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