Italian socialists proposed universal mandatory social insurance as early as 1916

Evidence

Th e Socialist Party conference of October 1916 in Rome drew up a plan for universal and mandatory social insurance for illness, invalidity, and old age. Less than a year later the national council of CGdL unanimously pushed for an extension of insurance to safeguard maternity and protect against work accidents and poverty (Cherubini 1977, 225ff .) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1660

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the scale of the welfare agenda that Mattei’s austerity turn would later dismantle — relevant to the book’s core argument. — connects to: High Italian officials promised workers comprehensive social security coverage in 1919 — 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

Broader Connections

• High Italian officials promised workers comprehensive social security coverage in 1919 #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1660
• Postwar Italian social insurance pooled worker, employer, state, and local aid funding #expands (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1660