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Italy may be prototypical of the new style of welfare state that could become the world model. Italy began with a working-class welfare state generated by socialist, communist and fascist programs, but retained its capitalist economy. As with most of the European welfare states, the Italian welfare state included retirement pensions, some unemployment insurance (less than in other European nations), universal health insurance and free education from grade school to university.
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Glassman, R.M. (2000). The Welfare State: Expansions, Cutbacks and Co-Payments. In: Caring Capitalism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333985427_8
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