The political economy of welfare state liberalism distributes resources to individuals a. based on what family you were born into, and what legally protected social class your family belongs to. b. based on merit, as determined under conditions of free market competition. c. based on Rawls's understanding of just desserts, which allows the government to view wealth as a public resource that can be redistributed to achieve a more equal standard of living. d. based on the goal of creating equality of opportunity through a welfare state, but also rewarding individual merit as determined by the free market