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001461867 1001_ $$aPonthière, Grégory,$$eauthor.$$1https://isni.org/isni/0000000136982219
001461867 24510 $$aAllocating pensions to younger people :$$btowards a social insurance against a short life /$$cGregory Ponthiere.
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001461867 5050_ $$aIntro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: homo economicus, homo moriturus -- References -- 2 The Evil of a Premature Death -- 2.1 Epicurus: Death Does Not Matter for Us -- 2.2 Lucretius: Symmetry, Satiation and Usufruct -- 2.3 Seneca and the Wasted Lifetime -- 2.4 Wittgenstein and the Intemporal Life -- 2.5 Bachelard and the Fabric of Duration -- 2.6 Nagel and the Deprivation Account -- 2.7 Parfit's Patient -- 2.8 Broome and the Intuition of Neutrality -- 2.9 Death Matters for Us -- References -- 3 An Insurance Against a Short Life
001461867 5058_ $$a3.1 Utilitarianism and Premature Deaths -- 3.2 The Limits of Utilitarianism -- 3.3 Rawls and Lifetime Inequalities -- 3.4 Responsibility and Compensation -- 3.5 Is an Insurance Against a Short Life Possible? -- 3.6 Herod's Strategy -- 3.7 A Maxim for the Allocation of Resources -- 3.8 The Denial of Death -- 3.9 The Bias Towards the Future -- 3.10 Towards a New Pillar for the Welfare State -- References -- 4 Reversing Retirement Systems -- 4.1 A Unique Opportunity in History -- 4.2 Live, Live, Live -- 4.3 On Financial Sustainability -- 4.4 Some Thought Experiments -- 4.5 A Basic Pension or More?
001461867 5058_ $$a4.6 Demographic and Technological Evolutions -- 4.7 Reward and Free Lunch -- 4.8 Careers and Incentives -- 4.9 An Effective Insurance Against a Short Life? -- 4.10 Organizing the Transition -- 4.11 An Alternative to Other Reforms? -- References -- 5 Conclusion: The Welfare State at a Crossroad -- Reference -- Appendix -- On Alternative Insurance Devices Against a Short Life -- On Junior Work Ban -- References -- Bibliography -- Index
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001461867 520__ $$aThis book takes as a starting point that welfare states in developed societies do not provide systems of social insurance against the risk of an early death. In contrast to the way in which economically developed countries provide ways of insuring citizens against other possibilities, such as unemployment and disease, no such social insurance mechanism exists for early death. It aims to demonstrate that, despite the impossibility to compensate the victims of a short life once they are identified, and despite the impossibility to identify the persons who will be short-lived (when they are still alive), it is nonetheless possible to construct a social insurance against the risk of a short life by means of age-based statistical discrimination favouring all young persons. Combining philosophical literature with economic analysis, the book re-examines the ethical foundations of social insurance, and proposes a major reform of the welfare state: the construction of a social insurance against a short life. It shows how such an insurance system could be constructed by partially reversing existing pension systems, by offering a period of retirement to all young adults before they start their career. Such a reversed pension system would allocate more free time and opportunities to younger members of society before they enter the labour market, and, hence, this system would also improve the lives of the unidentified young persons who will turn out to die prematurely. The book discusses the social desirability of this new system, as well as its financial feasibility and societal consequences, examining how pension allowances paid to young adults may be financed by the work of senior workers. As such, this book demonstrates how the universal uncertainty about the duration of life can be reconciled with the idea of social justice. With an accessible and interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to academics working in a range of fields, including economics, public finance, social insurance, the economics of ageing and the welfare state, economic ethics and political philosophy. Gregory Ponthiere is a Professor of Economics and Philosophy at the Universit catholique de Louvain, Hoover Chair in Economic and Social Ethics. .
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001461867 650_0 $$aYoung adults$$xPensions.
001461867 650_0 $$aSocial security.
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