Original sentence: Atkinson, Incomes and the Welfare State, Cambridge University Press, 1995) and that there is no evidence for the contention that welfare states impede progressive social development.Certain studies indicate there is no association between economic performance and welfare expenditure in developed countries (see A.Goodin et al, in The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 1999), show that on some economic and social indicators the United States performs worse than the Netherlands, which has a high commitment to welfare provision.However, the US leads most welfare states in most useful economic indicators such as unemployment, GPD, GDP growth, and consumer goods per capita.Some criticism of welfare states concern the idea that a welfare state makes citizens dependent and less inclined to work
Edited sentence: Arguably, the idea of a welfare state receives most of its criticism in the United States, which has much more limited welfare services than most developed countries.Atkinson, Incomes and the Welfare State, Cambridge University Press, 1995).Goodin et al, in The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 1999), show that on major economic and social indicators the United States performs worse than the Netherlands, which has a high commitment to welfare provision.Similarly, there is no evidence for the contention that welfare states impede progressive social development.Some of this criticism concerns the idea that a welfare state makes citizens dependent and less inclined to work.This is unsupported by the economic evidence; there is no association between economic performance and welfare expenditure in developed countries (see A