289:. Both men argued for reforms of the organisation of social security. As members of the WRR they were in a position to provide unrequested advice to the government. In May 1994, a group under Wolfson published a report which argued for limited market mechanism in social security and privatization of the implementing organizations. The parties discussing the formation with Kok used the report and it became an important source for the government program. Wolfson also returned to the Erasmus University Rotterdam as a part-time professor of economy between 1993 and 1998.
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