一、社会福利国家妥协面临终结具有讽刺意味的是，在２０世纪末，西方发达社会重新遇到它们以为在社会制度竞争压力下刚刚解决了的问题。这是一个与资本主义本身同样古老的问题：怎样才能有效地发挥自我调节的市场的配置功能和发现功能，而不致于造成背离民主制自由社会的一体 I. Social Security Facing the End of the Country’s Compromise It is ironic that, at the end of the 20th century, the developed western societies once again encountered problems that they just considered solved under the pressure of competition in the social system. This is an issue that is as old as capitalism itself: how can we effectively bring into play the self-regulating market’s configuration and discovery functions without resulting in a departure from the democratic and free society