The United States are a liberal welfare state with a level of commodification. That means, that for example the labor market is highly liberalized. You can see this in the hire-and-fire policies of many corporations. This high level of commodification comes from a poorly equipped welfare state without free healthcare or an unemployment insurance. In this environment unemployment or healthcare becomes a commodity which can be mined economically. But since the state is not involved and many of the work fields aren’t profitable, the only options are volunteering or on a bigger scale, non-profit…