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The Welfare State has to cope with the consequences of new technologies1. The term Welfare State refers to the allocation by the State of public funds and services in order to assure to every citizen as a political right and not as charity, a minimum standard of income, nutrition, health, housing and education.
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Ardigò, A. (1992). The Use of New Technologies in the Development of Social Citizenship and of the Welfare State. In: Masuda, Y. (eds) Human-Centred Systems in the Global Economy. Artificial Intelligence and Society. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1967-8_1
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