and the contribution that
people make to society, is not only a feature of the capitalist societies of the west; it is
vigorously enforced in communist states with a collectivist ethos (see Beerman, 1960).
Social services protect and stabilise the industrial process. Social security acts as an
economic regulator; education benefits industry by training workers, and later by looking
after their children during the day; the health service keeps them fit for work.