The book of the English historian and political scientist David Greene "Return to civil society" is devoted to one of the most controversial problems of liberal theory - the functioning of the social security system without the participation of the state........ A detailed look at the history of the English societies of mutual aid, [CM ) Greene Proves, [CM that the “state of all the general welfare” fulfills its social obligations far less effectively, The Competitive Social Security System , [CM existing in the 19th century within the framework of "civil capitalism" , which combined economic freedoms with individual responsibility and civic engagement.