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Etyczne i ekonomiczne aspekty państwa dobrobytu / Ethical and Economic Aspects of the Welfare State

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  • Tomasz Przybycinski

    (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland)

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A concept of the welfare state is based on the principles of equitable distribution of wealth and equality of opportunity. The state is responsible for the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens. Progressive taxation reduces the income gap between the rich and poor. However, the efforts to put principles of the welfare state into practice produced still unsatisfactory results. It was closely connected with violating the subsidiary principle and eroding the work ethics. That is just why the welfare state failed from the ethical and economic point of view.

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  • Tomasz Przybycinski, 2016. "Etyczne i ekonomiczne aspekty państwa dobrobytu / Ethical and Economic Aspects of the Welfare State," Annales. Ethics in Economic Life, University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, vol. 19(3), pages 27-34, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ann:journl:v:19:y:2016:i:3:p:27-34
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    Keywords

    ethics; welfare state; subsidiary principle;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • P46 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty

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