How does social spending relate to economic growth and which countries have got this right and wrong? In Making Social Spending Work (Cambridge University Press, April 2021), Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics Peter Lindert examines the experience of countries across the globe to reveal what has worked, what needs changing, and who the winners and losers are under different systems.

Peter Lindert has expertise in economic history and public economics. He is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Professor Lindert studies the causes and effects of modern fiscal redistribution; and the history of inequality, political voice and economic growth.

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