Health reform remains the most contentious policy issue in Canada. Medicare is subject to the same political forces that demand state retrenchment in other areas, but it has escaped wholesale reorganization because of the commitment of Canadians to the principles of medicare, because the...

Renewed interest in the minimum wage has led many policy makers to consider it as a possible strategy to achieve poverty reduction. Literature on the social determinants of health has intimately linked health with income and so if such a policy reduced poverty it may lead to beneficial health...

Fra il 1968 e il 1980, nel Nord America sono stati effettuati cinque esperimenti sul campo concernenti imposte sul reddito negative. Questo lavoro esamina la storia di questi cinque esperimenti, collocandoli nel contesto sociale e politico dell’epoca e considerandoli come un capitolo autonomo...

Many know the Chicago School of Economics and its association with Milton Friedman, George Stigler, Ronald Coase and Gary Becker. But few know the School's history and the full scope of its scholarship. In this Companion, leading scholars examine its history and key figures, as well as provide...