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http://www.itinerainstitute.org/en/issues/_issue/government-taxation/_paper/social-security-as-a-tool-not-as-a-goal/
Social security as a tool, not as a goal
24 February 2010
Marc De Vos
Marc De Vos reflects about the necessity of a welfare state reform. We can create a breathing space by realizing that social protection can do without social security. Social protection has an economic future. Acting for this future also means acting for the future of social security. Social security can improve if we consider it as a tool and not as a goal on itself.
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