Libertarianism Against the Welfare State
Citation (APA): Caplan, B. (2016). Libertarianism Against the Welfare State [Kindle Android version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
Parte introduttiva
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Libertarianism Against the Welfare State By Bryan Caplan
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to restate what I see as the standard libertarian case against the welfare state,
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INTENTO
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1. Universal social programs that "help everyone" are folly.
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PRIMA FOLLIA CHURNING
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taxing everyone to help everyone makes no sense.
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3. Social programs - universal or means-tested - give people perverse incentives, discouraging work, planning, and self-insurance. The programs give recipients very bad incentives; the taxes required to fund the programs give everyone moderately bad incentives.
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PROBLEMA DELL INCENTIVO...L AIUTATO E IL TARTASSATO
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As a result, even programs carefully targeted to help the truly poor often fail a cost-benefit test.
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4. "Helping people" sounds good; complaining about "perverse incentives" sounds bad. Since humans focus on how policies sound, rather than what they actually achieve, governments have a built-in tendency to adopt and preserve social programs that fail
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DESIDERABILITY BIAS
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5. There is a plausible moral case for social programs that help people who are absolutely poor through no fault of their own . Otherwise, the case falters.
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SCOPI LIMITATI
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7. "No fault of their own." Why you're poor matters. Starving because you're born blind is morally problematic. Starving because you drink yourself into a stupor every day is far less so.
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IL CASO MORALE
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9. First World welfare states provide a popular rationale for restricting immigration from countries where absolute poverty is rampant:
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SE VOGLIAMO TROVIAMO RAGIONI XSONO X NN AIUTARE I PIÙ POVERI AL MONDO...IL WELFARE FA ACCOGLIERE MENO STRANIERI E RENDE LA POVERTA' ASSOLUTA ANCORA PIU' ACUTA
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10. Ambiguity about what constitutes "absolute poverty" and "irresponsible behavior" should be resolved in favor of taxpayers, not recipients. Coercion is not acceptable when justification is debatable.
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COME RISOLVERE LE AMBIGUITÀ
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our "fellow citizens" are strangers - and the moral intuition that helping strangers is supererogatory is hard to escape.
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ESPERIMENTO MENTALE
