Welfare State -- Pensions, Health & Education (Paperback)

Volume 6 of "The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon" examines the failure of state-supported welfare programs to benefit the people most in need of help. The eight articles and one book in this volume encompass almost forty years of criticism of the welfare state. Seldon argues that the welfare state cannot, in the long run, solve the problem of poverty. It is driven by misguided egalitarian views which make it universalist, providing benefits for the middle classes as well as the poor. Because it finances welfare through taxation, it damages incentives to work. Moreover it diminishes motivations to save and to provide for ones family as the state appears to take over such responsibilities. Once free welfare services are begun they are very difficult to stop. But, says Seldon, permanent state welfare is unnecessary: as peoples incomes rise, most are capable of providing for themselves and their families. In the end, people will revolt against inferior state services and the state will have to retreat.

General

Imprint:	Liberty Fund
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	August 2005
Editors:	Colin Robinson
Dimensions:	155 x 230 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	308
ISBN-13:	978-0-86597-555-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Promotions
LSN:	0-86597-555-8
Barcode:	9780865975552

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