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Government Paternalism: Nanny State or Helpful Friend?Julian Le Grand and Bill New. Princeton University Press, 2015, ix + 202 pages.

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Government Paternalism: Nanny State or Helpful Friend? Julian Le Grand and Bill New. Princeton University Press, 2015, ix + 202 pages.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2016

Sarah Conly
Sarah Conly*
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Bowdoin College, 8400 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA. Email: sconly@bowdoin.edu
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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 156 - 162
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