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The sixth volume of The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon
This volume examines the failure of state-supported welfare programmes to benefit the people most in need of help. The eight articles and one book in this volume encompass 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 one’s family as the state appears to take over such responsibilities.
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The complete set of seven books for only £79.95:
The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon
The other books in the series at £13.95 each:
The Virtues of Capitalism
The State is Rolling Back
Everyman’s Dictionary of Economics
Introducing Market Forces into Public Services
Government Failure and Over-Government
The Welfare State: Pensions, Healthcare and Education
The IEA, the LSE, and Influence of Ideas
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 one’s family as the state appears to take over such responsibilities.
Also Available
The complete set of seven books for only £79.95:
The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon
The other books in the series at £13.95 each:
The Virtues of Capitalism
The State is Rolling Back
Everyman’s Dictionary of Economics
Introducing Market Forces into Public Services
Government Failure and Over-Government
The Welfare State: Pensions, Healthcare and Education
The IEA, the LSE, and Influence of Ideas
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