福祉国家の現実と見過ごされた存在 - Irregular Economist 〜hicksianの経済学学習帳〜●Tyler Cowen（2002）, “Does the Welfare State Help the Poor?（doc）”（Social Philosophy and Policy, vol.19(1), pp.36-54） I look first at how much the welfare state transfers to the poor, which turns out to be a surprisingly small sum, relative to the stock of wealth. This, of course, limits both the benefits and the costs of the welfare state. I then consider the empirical evidence for the traditional
