1 - The past rise of social security: historical trends and patterns - Peter Baldwin 2 - Moral Hazard in the welfare State - Lars Soderstrom 3 - Comment on Lars Soderstrom "Moral hazard in the welfare State" - Lars Calmfors 4 - Pros and cons of a negative income tax - Hans-Georg Petersen 5 - Comment on Hans-Georg Petersen "Pros and cons of a negative income tax - Lars Soderstrom 6 - The future scope for self-reliance and private insurance - Alan Peacock 7 - Comment on Alan Peacock "The future scope for self-reliance and private insurance" - Peter Koslowski 8 - The Swedish model: past, present and future - Anders Forslund 9 - Reform de welfare State: the german case - Norbert Berthold and Rainer Fehn 10 - Comment on Norbert Berthold and Rainer Fehn "Reforming the welfare State:the german case" - Nicholas Deakin 11 - The worm at the root: an exploration of the British welfare case - Nicholas Deakin 12 - Old-age pension systems: a theoretical evaluation - Stefan Homburg 13 - International reforms of health care systems: quasei markets, privatization and managed care - Richard M. Scheffler 14 - Comment on Richard Scheffler "International Reforms of health care systems: quasi markets, privatization and managed care" - Hans-Gerg Petersen 15 - Unemployment compensation: theory and practice - Michael C. Burda 16 - From welfare State to social state: individual respponsability and compassion - Wilfried Prewo 17 - On the transfer value of gratitude 18 - Oded stark and Ita falk