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Does the table in Welfare state#Social expenditure as a percentage of GDP belong there?

The data is looking 5-6 years out of date, so I was going to update it. Then considered whether it should be there at all. What value does it bring to the discussion of the effects of the welfare state? Wouldn't it be better off in "List of countries by social welfare spending" and then transcluded here if linking is insufficient? Komonzia (talk) 20:52, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dump it. It’s really just synthesis, and even if one thinks it’s not, it’s still tangential and distracting from the topic at hand. — HTGS (talk) 04:58, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've removed that subsection now. Komonzia (talk) 21:01, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: POLI126AA Modern Capitalism Summer25

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— Assignment last updated by Nicholasdao (talk) 06:48, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

could refer to several concepts, including the two main types of social welfare policies (distributive vs. redistributive), two primary categories of employee welfare (statutory vs. voluntary), or two main theorems of welfare economics regarding competitive markets and social welfare maximization. Chetuuuu (talk) 08:32, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Gender Welfare and Poverty

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— Assignment last updated by Shakaigaku Obasan (talk) 13:30, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Social State" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Social State has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 4#Remaining redirects created by User:Anti gozo|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 4 § Remaining redirects created by User:Anti gozo]] until a consensus is reached. I₂Overcome ^talk 02:30, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]