176. Minouche Shafik — What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Evolution of Societies
There's just not enough money. No private charity. Ye, the numbers, the last i looked at it was like about 20, maybe 18 to 22 % of g d p is allocated for these kinds of social programmes and welfare in western democracies. In most that, say, the top 20 western democracies, industrialized democracies,. And everybody complains it's either too much or not enough - but it's always around 20%. Even ameri? I think america is like 21 per centwer we allegate more than canada. So calledsocialist canadaso, apparentlye. That's the direction we're going. Which is the point in your book, is that we should keep
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