High Italian officials promised workers comprehensive social security coverage in 1919

Evidence

Cermenati was adamant that “Th e worker’s right to social assistance, in all cases, is guaranteed. His old age is safe from penury and indigence, he can be certain to receive proper support in times of involuntary unemployment, and soon enough, there will also be provisions for what most concerns the working classes, that is, aid in the event of illness” (Minutes of the Consiglio Superiore della Previdenza e delle Assicurazioni, meeting of December 2, 1919, in INPS, 1962, 352, quoted from Pavan 2019, 851). — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1660

Categorization

• XREF: The contrast between these guarantees and the austerity reversal that follows in this book’s argument is the payoff the reader is tracking. — connects to: Italian welfare arrived by executive decree to appease the working class quickly; Italian socialists proposed universal mandatory social insurance as early as 1916 — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1660; Postwar Italian social insurance pooled worker, employer, state, and local aid funding — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1660 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Postwar Italian social insurance pooled worker, employer, state, and local aid funding #qualifies (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1660
• Italian economists saw a strong government as necessary once workers gained power #expands (0.70) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1168