Publisher's Synopsis
In this contribution to the debate on the public versus the private sector, Dr. Barr argues that the welfare state is necessary on grounds of efficiency as well as equity, and that its major efficiency role makes it relevant to the population at large, not just to the poor.;This new edition takes account of the major reforms since 1987 in social security, the NHS and education, and explains the inability of the Thatcher-Reagan governments of the 1980s to roll back the frontiers of the welfare state.
