The welfare state takes care the non-productive forces of society, the old, the sick and the disable.

FORBES: Greece Must Rediscover its Golden Age

It takes money away from productive uses in the private sector and reduces the overall economic welfare of the nation.

FORBES: Over-Regulated America

Allowing for the truth that there are productive and good people on both sides of the abortion and welfare debate, it seems that Nadya Suleman's story demands a meeting of the minds.

FORBES: Magazine Article

But maybe more than anything, the very real side-effects of a highly productive global economy should make free-market proponents reconsider their hostility to a redistributive welfare state.

FORBES: The Post-Employee Economy

Institutionalised welfare provision was reserved not for the neediest cases, but for workers in the most productive industries.

ECONOMIST: Asian welfare states