Outline of a Method for Determining Basic Pure Premiums [Discussion]

The keynote of Mr. Fisher's paper is found in the second paragraph of his "Introductory Remarks ": "In view of the complexity of the problems of social insurance it will, I think, generally be allowed that the statistical methods hitherto employed are frequently inadequate. For this reason, I deem no apology necessary in presenting a method flint, as far as uniformity and general systematic procedure is concerned, exceeds any other covering the same ground.