Reforming the Welfare State
This book is the sequel to Fighting Europe's Unemployment in the 1990s, the collection of papers presented at the Salzburg Symposium of the Egon-Sohmen-Foundation in 1994. Though the problem of un employment was urgent already then, it has not found a practical solution in the meantime, and ev...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1997 |
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Table of Contents:
- I. The Present Malaise
- The Past Rise of Social Security: Historical Trends and Patterns
- Moral Hazard in the Welfare State
- Comment on Lars Söderström “Moral Hazard in the Welfare State”
- II. The Welfare State at a Crossroad: Fundamental Choices
- Pros and Cons of a Negative Income Tax
- Comment on Hans-Georg Petersen “Pros and Cons of a Negative Income Tax,”
- The Future Scope for Self-Reliance and Private Insurance
- Comment on Alan Peacock “The Future Scope for Self-Reliance and Private Insurance,”
- III. Reform Issues of Specific Welfare Systems
- The Swedish Model: Past, Present, and Future
- Reforming the Welfare State: The German Case
- Comment on Norbert Berthold and Rainer Fehn “Reforming the Welfare State: The German Case,”
- The Worm at the Root: An Exploration of the British Welfare Case
- IV. Reform Issues in Specific Areas of the Welfare State
- Old-Age Pension Systems: A Theoretical Evaluation
- International Reforms of Health Care Systems: Quasi Markets, Privatization, and Managed Care
- Comment on Richard Scheffler “International Reforms of Health Care Systems: Quasi Markets, Privatization, and Managed Care,”
- Unemployment Compensation: Theory and Practice
- From Welfare State to Social State: Individual Responsibility and Compassion
- V. Explaining Private Giving
- On the Transfer Value of Gratitude
- About the Authors