How is the “welfare state” to be justified? The usual answer is that it is a way for the well-off to help the less well-off. But this is not its only role.It is also a “piggy bank”, as Nicholas Barr of the London School of Economics has argued. More precisely, it is a substitute for markets that the private sector does not offer.
如何才能为“福利国家”正名？通常的答案是，福利国家是富人帮助较不富裕群体的一种方式。但这并非福利国家的唯一角色。正如伦敦政治manbetx20客户端下载 学院(London School of Economics)的尼古拉斯•巴尔(Nicholas Barr)所言，福利国家还是一个“存钱罐”。更准确地说，它是市场的替代，是私营部门无法提供的。
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