Abstract
Gee whiz. This time Ez Vogel has really come up with a Japanese miracle. It is a welfare system that does everything anyone could possibly want. It is cheap, rejecting the welfare state concept, and avoiding a heavy state burden. It provides ample coverage, but with only the very old and infirm becoming dependent on the state. It imbues people with a sense of purpose, self-respect and group effort while avoiding despair and degradation. And it does not create a feeling of entitlement. What is more, the public seems to be happy with the system.1
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© 1990 Jon Woronoff
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Woronoff, J. (1990). Welfare (What Is There To Be Entitled To?). In: Japan as-anything but-Number One. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21353-5_13
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