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  • A Life of One's Own

  • Individual Rights and the Welfare State
  • By: David Kelley
  • Narrated by: Scott R. Smith
  • Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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A Life of One's Own

By: David Kelley
Narrated by: Scott R. Smith
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The welfare state rests on the assumption that people have rights to food, shelter, health care, retirement income, and other goods provided by the government.

David Kelley examines the historical origins of that assumption, and the rationale used to support it today.

©1998 Cato Institute (P)2017 The Atlas Society
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Well argued but could be more concise

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