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The Welfare State and Poverty: A Reply to Fred Gruen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Peter Saunders
Peter Saunders*
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Social Policy Research Centre, The University of New South Wales
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , June 1995 , pp. 139 - 148
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Fred Gruen was kind enough to send me a copy of his review so that any response could appear with the review.

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