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Social Democratic Capitalism
What I’ve been reading (2020-02-07)

1. Lane Kenworthy, Social Democratic Capitalism .  A very smart, well-written, well-argued book, and an argued book indeed it is.  As the title suggests, Kenworthy tries to persuade the reader to embrace social democratic capitalism, but with an emphasis on what government can do, not the market.  One rebuttal: responding to the Swiss experience requires far more than the two short paragraphs on pp.105-106, and furthermore Switzerland has done very well in many sectors above and beyond being a f...

Social democratic America
Best non-fiction books of 2014 (2014-11-24)

First there are the economics books, including books by people I know, including Piketty, The Second Machine Age , Tim Harford’s wonderful macro explainer , Megan McArdle’s The Up Side of Down , Lane Kenworthy on social democracy , The Fourth Revolution by John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge, Daniel Drezner The System Worked , and Frank Buckley on why the Canadian system of government is better .  And Russ Roberts, How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and H...

What I’ve been reading (2013-12-21)

4. Lane Kenworthy, Social Democratic America , I will quote my blurb: “If you wish to read the case for a big increase in social welfare spending, this is the very best place to go.”   Here is a related piece from the book .

Progress for the poor
Which countries target their welfare spending most effectively? (2011-10-08)

On related themes, see the new Lane Kenworthy book Progress for the Poor .

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