Big Data and the Welfare State: How the Information Revolution Threatens Social Solidarity

by Torben Iversen

A core principle of the welfare state is that everyone pays taxes or contributions in exchange for universal insurance against social risks such as sickness, old age, unemployment, and plain bad luck. This solidarity principle assumes that everyone is a member of a single national insurance pool, and it is commonly explained by poor and asymmetric information, which undermines markets and creates the perception that we are all in the same boat. Living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009151398
• ISBN13: 9781009151399
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"