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Professor Grubert of MIT points out that nearly half of federal government spending is on social insurance programs, like social security, Medicare and Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or food stamps, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and so on. Can these programs be rationalized by market failures? Explain your answer

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