Welfare State Emerged as Capital Labor Compromise via State

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the Finnish welfare state was often a compromise that satisfied neither labor nor capital. When it came to some services — say, health insurance or old-age pensions — unions preferred that capitalists foot the entire bill, while business naturally were reticent about this prospect. The state then acted as a middleman — offering the service as a public provision and therefore giving workers the programs and security they craved while freeing capital of the responsibility. Both pitched in taxes to fund it.

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