1. Introduction -- 2. The evil of a premature death -- 3. An insurance against a short life -- 4. Reversing retirement … 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 …

need for personal responsibility. Despite objections, social insurance-from workers' compensation laws to pension … daily life. Any rationale for a system of social insurance has to account for these questions: How do we assess the burden … insurance, from the idea of social accountability through the advanced welfare state of collective responsibility and risk. At …