Underlying the current political and academic debate on the welfare state are two basic issues: What are the needs of individuals and social groups, and what resources do they have to meet those needs?
In Money Matters a distinguished team of contributors address these questions with an analysis of the social distribution of financial welfare and its consequences for individuals′ standards of living. The result is a fascinating and detailed account of the distribution of wealth and poverty in Britain today.
′There are some books...which provide the kind of solid, useful information and analysis that makes for the ideal textbook. This is one such book.′ -- Journal of Social Policy