HLST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Canadian Economics Association, Early Childhood Education
22 Dec 2016
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How did they come about: progressive political parties, working class power to in uence policies. : role of state is to balance bw the market and the political forces and civil society: another indicator is how well countries distribute resources among the pop. Oecd regularly provide these indicators of government operations (provisions of support and services etc. ) Canada spends lower than the average oecd country in everything (cash, old age, family, incapacity) except health and bene ts in kind. Us spends the most on healthcare even though they don"t have public insurance for everyone (only medicaid and medicare); meanwhile canada, uk, sweden all are publicly nanced systems and spend less than the us. Spending on old age refers to what the government pays to its retired citizens (from paid employment: us spends 2% more than canada here. Nordic countries spend more on non-health sectors: sweden oldest welfare system (policy from the 1920s)
