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How is a welfare state different from an epicycle such as rent control?
by xkcd-sucks 11y ago
How is a welfare state different from an epicycle such as rent control?
- fsloth 11y agoThe aim of a welfare state is to redistribute wealth to a point where no-one needs to be afraid of dying of hunger, cold, or trivially treatable medical conditions and can have a primary education. There are no pure market mechanism that would take care of these needs. I would not call a welfare state an epicycle.