Product Description: Recent crises in Argentina and Turkey illustrate the continuing importance of fiscal problems in precipitating financial crises, and whatever their cause, financial crises always have important fiscal dimensions. This paper focuses on the fiscal aspects of financial crises in emerging market economies, particularly with regards to the fiscal causes of crises; fiscal vulnerability indicators which can help to predict crises; whether fiscal variables explain the severity of crises; and the fiscal consequences of crises...read more

Product Description: An account of the Social Security system in Britain and how it influences the lifestyle of the poorest within our society. Subjects considered include: social security analysis; the structure of social security; poverty in Britain; working families; unemployment, sickness, and disabilty; retirement pensions; housing benefits; social security reform...read more