Unbundling the Welfare State

Jim Manzi has a very smart article up in National Review on ‘unbundling’ the welfare state. Essentially, Manzi believes that the welfare state, however inimical to many conservative ends, cannot simply be razed and replaced. It is ingrained into society, and even if it weren’t something else like it might very well be instead. Instead, we need to take a multi-faceted approach to thinking about, and improving, the welfare state as it is now construed.