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# Spring/​Summer 2013 

Vol. 33 No. 2 

Europe's Crisis and the Welfare State: Lessons for America

##### Articles 

#### [Editor’s Note ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/editors-note)

By [James A. Dorn](https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn) 

#### [Introduction: Europe’s Crisis and the Welfare State ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/introduction-europes-crisis-welfare-state)

By [Michael D. Tanner](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-d-tanner) 

#### [Europe and the United States: On the Fiscal Brink? ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/europe-united-states-fiscal-brink)

By [Jagadeesh Gokhale](https://www.cato.org/people/jagadeesh-gokhale) and Erin Partin 

#### [Is America Becoming Greece? ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/america-becoming-greece)

By [Michael D. Tanner](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-d-tanner) 

#### [American and European Welfare States: Similar Causes, Similar Effects ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/american-european-welfare-states-similar-causes-similar-effects)

By Pierre Lemieux 

#### [Lessons from Europe’s Debt Crisis for the United States ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/lessons-europes-debt-crisis-united-states)

By Desmond Lachman 

#### [Is Austerity the Answer to Europe’s Crisis? ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/austerity-answer-europes-crisis)

By [Veronique de Rugy](https://www.cato.org/people/veronique-derugy) 

#### [Choosing the Best Policy Mix to Cure Europe’s Stagnation ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/choosing-best-policy-mix-cure-europes-stagnation)

By Pascal Salin 

#### [Challenges for the German Welfare State before and after the Global Financial Crisis ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/challenges-german-welfare-state-after-global-financial-crisis)

By Mark Hallerberg 

#### [Estonia and the European Debt Crisis ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/estonia-european-debt-crisis)

By Juhan Parts 

#### [The Welfare State as an Underlying Cause of Spain’s Debt Crisis ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/welfare-state-underlying-cause-spains-debt-crisis)

By [Pedro Schwartz](https://www.cato.org/people/pedro-schwartz) 

#### [Market Failures, Government Solutions, and Moral Perceptions ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/market-failures-government-solutions-moral-perceptions)

By Dwight R. Lee and J. R. Clark 

#### [Canada’s Fiscal Reforms ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/canadas-fiscal-reforms)

By [Chris Edwards](https://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards) 

##### Book Reviews 

##### [*Red Ink: Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget* by David Wessel](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/red-ink-inside-high-stakes-politics-federal-budget-david-wessel)

By [Daniel J. Mitchell](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-mitchell) 

##### [*The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion* by Jonathan Haidt](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/righteous-mind-why-good-people-are-divided-politics-religion)

By [Aaron Ross Powell](https://www.cato.org/people/aaron-ross-powell) 

##### [*Curbing Campaign Cash: Henry Ford, Truman Newberry, and the Politics of Progressive Reform* by Paula Baker](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2013/curbing-campaign-cash-henry-ford-truman-newberry-politics)

By [John Samples](https://www.cato.org/people/john-samples) 

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