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James Medlock Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Tax enthusiast. Hyperinflation doubter. Soc dem in the streets, market socialist in the sheets. 🧦🏗️

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Book Cover for: The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State, Nicholas Barr

The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

Nicholas Barr
James MedlockJames Medlock

@captgouda24 @MariGO2thepolls I'd suggest reading Nicolas Barr's The Welfare State As Piggy Bank - plenty of efficiency reasons to support the welfare state, including for adults (eg unemployment insurance)

Hardcover, 2001

$120.00$95.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Just Institutions Matter: The Moral and Political Logic of the Universal Welfare State, Bo Rothstein

Just Institutions Matter: The Moral and Political Logic of the Universal Welfare State

Bo Rothstein
James MedlockJames Medlock

@TheNordicModel @brianmarkdane @LittleKeegs0 Just Institutions Matter by Bo Rothstein is good

Paperback, 1998

$44.99$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: 1984: 75th Anniversary, George Orwell

1984: 75th Anniversary

George Orwell
James MedlockJames Medlock

Thanks to Joe Biden’s socialist policies, my favorite pastime (gasoline fighting) now costs hundreds more. This is what George Orwell warned us about in 1984 https://t.co/eiZCX0h9hu

Paperback, Mass Market, 1950

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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