Is the welfare state justified?/
Daniel Shapiro
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- xi, 323 p. ; 23 cm.
Introduction -- Central perspectives in political philosophy -- Health insurance, part I -- Appendix A: Addiction, health risks, and voluntariness -- Health insurance, part II -- Old-age or retirement pensions -- Appendix B: Camparing PAYGO's rate of return with a CPP system -- Welfare or means-tested benefits, part I -- Appendix C: Mutual-aid or friendly societies -- Welfare or means-tested benefits, part II -- Conclusion : the uncertain choice between state and private conditional aid.