As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and
Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the
problems of domestic inequality and poverty. Based on careful and
systematic analysis of national data, the authors describe just how
much the two continents differ in their level of State engagement
in the redistribution of income. Discussing various possible
economic explanations for the difference, they cover different
levels of pre-tax income, openness, and social mobility; they
survey politico-historical differences such as the varying physical
size of nations, their electoral and legal systems, and the
character of their political parties, as well as their experiences
of war; and they examine sociological explanations, which include
different attitudes to the poor and notions of social
responsibility. Most importantly, they address attitudes to race,
calculating that attitudes to race explain half the observed
difference in levels of public redistribution of income. This
important and provocative analysis will captivate academic and
serious lay readers in economics and welfare systems.
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