• 1. Setting the scene
  • 2. When markets fail
  • 3. The magic of averages
  • 4. Mind the gap
  • 5. A safety net for all
  • 6. Varieties of welfare states
  • 7. The welfare state in flux
  • 8. Children in the welfare state
  • 9. Working in the welfare state
  • 10. Illness and disability in the welfare state
  • 11. Ageing in the welfare state
  • 12. Towards a new social contract
Societies

7. The welfare state in flux

Source: OECD (2023), General government debt (indicator). doi: 10.1787/a0528cc2-en (Accessed on 22 March 2023)

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