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Spór o funkcje państwa we współczesnej gospodarce

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Hławacz-Pajdowska E.
Roczniki Nauk Społecznych
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2004
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vol. 32
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issue 3
21-34
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The question concerning the range of the functions of the state in contemporary market economies is not a new one, although it is a basic issue. It may still be encountered in the present day macro-economic discussions that express the anxiety connected with the great and ever increasing participation of the public sector in many countries' economies. The approaches to this issue may be divided into ones emphasizing the role of the state in economy and society, and hence proving that it is necessary for such a great public sector (and public finances sector) to exist; and ones considering the market as the basic regulator of the economy, and hence aiming at limiting the role of the state. These opposing approaches are presented against the background of the three basic functions of public finances: allocating, redistributing, and stabilizing ones. Concerning the first function – as there are lots of critical opinions, J. Gray's views deserve attention, concerning the state financing (but not producing) the access to public goods. Within the redistribution function of the state the concept of the welfare state is the most important one. And finally, the stabilization function of the state is dominated by the views of Keynes and his followers on the one hand, and the classical economics and its protagonists on the other. When discussing the state versus market issue one should stress the ideas of ordoliberals who developed the system of social market economy and contributed to the German economic miracle. The most recent theories are reflected in real life, in the experimental actions undertaken by the governments of some countries (e.g. Reaganomics in the USA, Thatcherism in Great Britain). However, they did not succeed in fighting the unemployment and making the economic growth more dynamic. This is why the process of investigating and reforming the state continues.
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