14 Vaccination

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Notes xv
6. 1 Introduction 1
7. PART I. THE COMING OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE
8. 2 The Prelude to Laissez-faire 17
9. 3 The Rise of Laissez-faire in Britain 26
10. PART II. CHALLENGES TO LAISSEZ-FAIRE
11. 4 Economic Challenges to Laissez-faire 53
12. 5 Why Government? Theories ofMarket Failure 70
13. 6 Science, Technology, and Statistics 78
14. PART III. ABANDONING LAISSEZ-FAIRE
15. 7 Overview of Part III 87
16. 8 Regulating Factory Labor 90
17. 9 Mining Labor Regulation 110
18. 10 Policing 130
19. 11 Urban Public Health 154
20. 12 Gas Supply 189
21. 13 Pollution 201
22. 14 Vaccination 222
23. 15 Consumer Protection 240
24. 16 Regulating Seaborne Trade 256
25. 17 Railroad Regulation 271
26. 18 The Telegraph 286
27. 19 Education 307
28. 20 Insuring the Unemployed 343
29. 21 The Liberal Welfare Reforms 385
30. 22 Conclusion 417
31. Notes 429
32. References 461
33. Index 475
34. The Princeton Economic History of The Western World 483
35. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 487