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The Quest for a Divided Welfare State
This book deals with the quest for a divided welfare state in Sweden. The prime example is the rapid rise of private health insurance, which now constitutes a parallel system characterized by state subsidies for some and not for others. This functions as a kind of reverse means-testing, whereby primarily the upper classes get state support for new types of welfare consumption. Innovatively, Lapidus explains how such a parallel system requires not only direct and statutory state support but also indirect support, for example, from infrastructure built for the public health system. He goes on to examine how semi-private welfare funding is dependent on private provision and how the so-called 'hidden welfare state' gradually erodes the visible and former universal welfare state model, in direct contrast to its own stated goals. Who benefits from privatized welfare? How are the privatization of delivery and the privatization of funding linked? How does this impact public willingness to pay tax? All of these questions and more are discussed in this accessible volume.
The Development of European Competition Policy
This book considers a central issue of our time: the relationship between the macroeconomic objectives of political parties in democratic countries and the legal framework of market economies. The impressive panel of contributors examines social-democratic policies on cartels, market concentration and competition in different European countries, spanning a hundred-year period (specifically the interwar period, the initial postwar period, the 1960s and 1970s, the 1980s and 1990s, and the 2000s). This thought-provoking volume challenges the dominant belief that the EU’s economic system and competition policy were mainly influenced by neoliberal economic thinking, instead showing that Keynesian and social-democratic positions played a major role in the emergence of this system. It will be valuable reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers interested in modern economic history, industrial organization, political economy, European legal history and political science.
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A Balance of Fear
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Vårdstölden
Vad händer med välfärden när 650 000 personer, en tiondel av Sveriges vuxna befolkning, tecknar privat sjukvårdsförsäkring? I boken Vårdstölden visar John Lapidus hur den gemensamma välfärden under det sista decenniet har fått sällskap av ett dolt alternativ; ett system där halvprivata lösningar växer på kollektivets bekostnad. Genom att omformulera vård som en vara har den privata sjukvårdsindustrin utvecklat en mycket lönsam affärsidé. Ett koncept som anspelar på kundens rädsla att inte få bästa möjliga produkt; i detta fall vård. Det är en sak att vara emot olika sjukvård för fattiga och rika i teorin, en annan sak att själv säga nej när arbetsgivaren erbjuder en privat sjukvårdsförsäkring som löneförmån. Lapidus visar hur det egentligen finns bara två vägar ut ur dagens situation. Antingen reparerar vi det gemensamma sjukvårdssystemet, genom skattefinansiering, till gagn för alla. Eller så tillåter vi att den allmänna sjukvården försämras; ett scenario där höginkomsttagare ges ytterligare incitament att söka sig till privata lösningar, medan låginkomsttagare hänvisas till allt sämre offentlig vård.
