 Firstly, we should note that as we move to enact the social minimum there are a number of important policy design questions that arise that our discussion thus far leaves unresolved. We have considered one design issue: the issue of how far access to the social minimum should be work-conditional. But there is a huge range of other design issues that we have not directly considered. For example, if we accept that the government has a responsibility to its citizens to secure access to certain basic goods and services, to what extent should the government itself directly produce these goods and services, e.g., health-care? If we accept that the government must introduce tax-transfer schemes to enact the social minimum, what form should these take? Should the government use “means-testing” to target transfers exclusively to the most needy, or should it seek to enact the social minimum through so-called “social insurance” programs to which all (or virtually all) citizens contribute, and from which all receive  benefits?[10]  If the government provides citizens with assistance in meeting a specific need, should it provide assistance in the form of “in-kind” benefits or in the form of  cash?[11]  These are all major design questions that arise in thinking about how to enact the social minimum. One cannot settle them merely by appeal to the basic idea of the social minimum. Although many of the ideas and considerations discussed here will be relevant in addressing these questions, settling them requires further philosophical reflection and, indeed, a lot of empirical research.