Season 2, Episode 4: Peter H. Lindert, Making Social Spending Work

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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Peter H. Lindert, economic historian and author of Making Social Spending Work in which Lindert examines how social spending relates to economic growth in various countries and the emphasis we must place on investing in the young. 

Together, they examine the history of public social spending and address the key challenges around intergenerational inequality and fiscal redistribution, the returns on investment in human capital, how to deal with an aging global population, and whether migration is a cost or a benefit for society. 

The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.

Footnotes:

• The Rise of Social Spending
• Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the 18th Century
• Public Spending on Education
• Sustainable Development Goal 4
• Social Spending 
• Welfare
• Social Expenditure Database
• Adam Smith
• John Locke
• Thomas Malthus
• French Revolution
• Church and State in 21st Century Britain
• The Road to Serfdom
• Authoritarianism
• Free Lunch Puzzle

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