
The capacity to ‘compete’—rethinking the welfare state
Anton Hemerijck, Azizjon Bagadirov and Robin Wilson
Rather than a ‘burden on the taxpayer’, the welfare state should be understood in normative terms as productive social investment.
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Azizjon Bagadirov is a political theorist working at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. His research focuses on theories of social justice and well-being.

Anton Hemerijck, Azizjon Bagadirov and Robin Wilson
Rather than a ‘burden on the taxpayer’, the welfare state should be understood in normative terms as productive social investment.