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Government provision of social safety nets including unemployment insurance, pensions, disability support, and poverty reduction programs. Defines the social contract between state and citizen.
How extensive should government social safety nets be?
Comprehensive universal programs funded through progressive taxation
Targeted assistance to the truly needy; avoid dependency; work requirements
Universal basic income pilots worldwide; pandemic expanded safety nets; fiscal pressures driving reform debates
