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"Is A Bigger Government Better?" (NPR Here & Now segment)
Summary (audio is in link):The battles in Washington over whether to fund government programs such as unemployment benefits and healthcare –are a perennial tug of war between Republicans and Democrats.
In arguments against expanding the social safety net, the argument often goes that the country is better off with a small and limited government.
Benjamin Radcliff, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, tells Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti that countries which provide ample government benefits have happier citizens.
In arguments against expanding the social safety net, the argument often goes that the country is better off with a small and limited government.
Benjamin Radcliff, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, tells Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti that countries which provide ample government benefits have happier citizens.
Radcliff has a new book out, The Political Economy of Human Happiness: How Voters' Choices Determine the Quality of Life.