Constable, London, 2006, viii + 263 pp., paperback, 1 84529 374 6, £9.99 This is a carefully researched study of the British Government’s love-affair with consultants: both management consultants and Read More
Ashgate, 2006, 184 pp, hbk, 0 7546 4857 5, £45 It’s not that public attitudes to welfare determine welfare policy; rather, welfare policy determines public attitudes. That is the evidence-based Read More
Policy Press, 2007, viii + 55 pp, pbk, 978 1 86134 954 5, £12.95 ‘In 1974, 7% of adults in Britain between the ages of 20 and 59 were dependent Read More
Policy Press, Bristol / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, 2006, viii + 55 pp, paperback, 1 86134 863 0, £12.95 It would be difficult to better the first three paragraphs of Read More
John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, 2004, pp. xv + 320, $ 24.95, 0 471 66730 7 Economic, social and political crises are now part of everyday life. America Beyond Read More
The Robert Shalkenbach Foundation, New York, 2006, paperback, $12.95, distributed in the UK by Shepeard Walwyn, London, 0 911312 98 6. Just to envisage a book on economics and taxation Read More
Rutgers Journal of Law and Urban Policy, vol.2, no.1, Fall 2005 This edition of the Rutgers Journal of Law and Urban Policy is forward-looking in a variety of respects. 1. Read More
Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2003, 216pp, hbk, 1 40390 580 0, £52 In the interest of full disclosure, I must reveal that I am well acquainted with all three editors. Stuart Read More
www.bepress.com/bis 2006 sees two twentieth anniversaries for the basic income (BI) movement. 1986 was the year that the Basic Income European Network (BIEN) was founded: a key tool in coordinating Read More
Ashgate, 2006, 316 pp, pbk, 0 7546 4815 X, £25 The preface of this diverse collection begins with a critique of social insurance (which in many respects isn’t insurance as Read More