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Do social policies that redistribute income impose contraints on economic growth? What kept prospering nations from using taxes for social programs until the end of the 19th century? Lindert finds answers in the economic history and logic of political voice, population aging, and income growth.Lindert, Peter H. is the author of 'Growing Public: Volume 2, Further Evidence: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century', published 2009 under ISBN 9780521529174 and ISBN 0521529174.
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