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Naturally, the provision of welfare by the state is not confined to capitalist market economies. It can be found in any modern economy irrespective of its economic system. Consequently, it can be found in socialist command economies as well. Therefore, the present chapter will concentrate on the welfare role of the state in these economies.
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On social welfare prior to the October Revolution see Bernice Q. Madison, Social Welfare in the Soviet Union, Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1968, Chapter I, and
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Porket, J.L. (1998). Welfare Under Command Socialism. In: Modern Economic Systems and their Transformation. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26696-8_10
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