Compulsory State Insurance of Workingmen
Year: 1904
Type: article
Abstract: The merits of a teleological institution, such as a system of compulsory State insurance of labor undoubtedly is, must be judged by the degree of its success in accomplishing the results aimed at.A certain agreement as to the final aim is therefore necessary for an intelligent and fruitful discussion of the subject.The purpose of labor insurance is a very definite one.It is not expected to solve the &dquo;social problem in its entirety, &dquo; insofar as this problem embraces the whole question of equitable distribution of wealth and a harmonious development of society towards higher forms of organization.Labor insurance, or rather, insurance of work- ingmen, is in many respects no different from all the other forms of insurance-it is an effort to substitute a social guarantee against the results of emergencies and accidents for the purely personal responsibility which is still the rule in many countries.
Author: I.M. Rubinow
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1994368333