Mr Rohwer's analysis of Asia's strengths is broadly similar to that of several other pundits anti-welfarism, high savings, good education, pro-business policies and so on.

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But my problem with contemporary welfarism is that it has long moved beyond its original remit of providing a safety net or delivering universal public services.

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And one reason these cuts are more popular with the vast majority of ordinary people, as opposed to professional hand-wringers, is they know damn well that over-weaning welfarism saps morale and is good for no-one.

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