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Decades into its existence as a foundational aspect of modern political and economic life, the welfare state has become a political cudgel, used to assign blame for ballooning national debt and tout the need for personal responsibility. At the same time, it affects nearly every citizen and permeates daily life - in the form of pension, disability, and unemployment benefits, healthcare and parental leave policies, and more. At the core of that disjunction is the question of how we as a society decide who should get what benefits - and how much we are willing to pay to do so. This book traces a history of social insurance from the 18th century to today, from the earliest ideas of social accountability through the advanced welfare state of collective responsibility and risk.

Social security --- Welfare state --- History. --- distributive justice. --- probability. --- social insurance. --- welfare state.