Books written by Lane Kenworthy

  • How Big Should Our Government Be?

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  • Social Democratic Capitalism

    “The Demographic Foundations of Rising Employment and Earnings among Single Mothers in Canada and the United States, 1980–2000.” Population Research and Policy Review, doi10.1007/ s11113-008-9125-2. Nelson, Kenneth. 2004.

  • Progress for the Poor

    “The Demographic Foundations of Rising Employment and Earnings among Single Mothers in Canada and the United States, 1980–2000.” Population Research and Policy Review. Nelson, Kenneth. 2004. “The Formation of Minimum Income Protection.

  • Social Democratic Capitalism

    In Social Democratic Capitalism, Lane Kenworthy shows that this system improves living standards for the least well-off, enhances economic security, and boosts equality of opportunity.

  • In Search of National Economic Success: Balancing Competition and Cooperation

    Balancing Competition and Cooperation Lane Kenworthy. Blinder , A. S. 1987. Hard heads , soft hearts : Tough - minded economics for a just society . Reading , Mass . ... liberty : 230 IN SEARCH OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC SUCCESS.

  • Social Democratic America

    Eminent scholar Lane Kenworthy shows that, despite fierce political debates and pretensions to exceptionalism, the US is well along the path toward becoming a social democratic society.

  • Egalitarian Capitalism: Jobs, Incomes, and Growth in Affluent Countries

    The book examines sixteen industrialized countries in North America, Western Europe, and Scandinavia—each with different approaches to assisting the poor—to see how successful each has been in developing its economy and curbing ...

  • How Big Should Our Government Be?

    -- Thinking sensibly about the size of government "If you would like a low-key, reasonably argued, nonideological discussion of the economic role of the government in the United States, one based on facts and on research using the facts, ...

  • Social Democratic Capitalism

    This set of policies and institutions, which sociologist Lane Kenworthy calls social democratic capitalism, improves living standards for the least well-off, enhances economic security, and very likely boosts equality of opportunity.

  • Social Democratic America

    Eminent scholar Lane Kenworthy shows that, despite fierce political debates and pretensions to exceptionalism, the US is well along the path toward becoming a social democratic society.

  • Would Democratic Socialism Be Better?

    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.