The High Cost of Good Intentions

A historically grounded discussion of how U.S. entitlement programs evolved and their unintended costs.

Welfare stateentitlement programsfiscal sustainabilityinstitutional incentivespublic spendingus social welfarewelfare state historyJohn F. Cogan

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