This book offers an extensive review of market-oriented economic reforms since 1970, and considers the question of whether more liberal economic policy yields greater social welfare.
Petar Stankov is Senior Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Stankov has published on economic growth, financial crises, inequality and institutional reforms. He has taught economics for 10 years at the UNWE, the Anglo-American University in Prague, the Prague School of Economics, and the American University in Bulgaria.
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Contemporary Views on Welfare and Reforms.- Chapter 3. Policies and Reforms.- Chapter 4. Policy Convergence vs. Welfare Convergence.- Chapter 5. Welfare and Reforms: The Evidence.- Chapter 6. Crises, Welfare and Populism.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.
