Alain Supiot
The greatness and misery of the welfare state
" The legal history of the construction of the social state gives an idea of its greatness. But this debonair sovereign, tolerant of contestation and responsible for the well-being of his subjects, seems today to be struck by misery. Exposed to systemic financial risks as a result of the opening up of its trade borders, it is seeing its resources eroded and its burdens increase. Worrying doctors are rushing to its bedside. Some are prescribing bloodletting after bloodletting, while others are already drawing up his death certificate. Rather than this lethal medicine, what we need is a precise diagnosis of the social state. "
Supiot A., Grandeur et misère de l'État social, Paris, Collège de France/Fayard, coll. " Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France ", mai 2013, 64 p.
ISBN : 978-2-2136-7771-2
Price : 10,20 €
Publication : May 22 2013
