Not to repeat past mistakes: the sudden resurgence of a sympathetic interest in social democracy is a response to the urgent need to draw lessons from the histo

What is the configuration of institutions and policies most conducive to human flourishing? The historical and comparative evidence from the world's rich democr

What has brought about the widespread public provision of welfare and income security within free-market liberalism? Some social scientists have regarded welfar

Explores the relation between a socialist view of society and the democratic method of government; argues that socialism is probably inevitable, for political r

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