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Explains how and why different models of social and welfare policy developed in the United States and Europe. The third edition contains new material on the Affordable Care Act in the United States compared to European health care programs; the influence of Milton Friedman on the reduction of social spending and privatization of social programs; paid vacation differences between Europe and the United States; a new afterword on the continuing social effects of the 2008 recession in the Europe and the United States; and an updating of statistical information.