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This chapter sets out some of the economic background to the debate about welfare. In Section 2 we describe current government spending, and trends in the post-war period, and look briefly at revenues. In Section 3 we examine the arguments for the existence of welfare provision. In Section 4 we consider the cost and other pressures on modern welfare states, and examine possible responses. Section 5 concludes.
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Dilnot, A. (1997). Crisis in Welfare?. In: Askonas, P., Frowen, S.F. (eds) Welfare and Values. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25547-4_1
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