Tag Archives: social welfare

Russia’s Plan to Raise Stalin-Era Pension Ages Draws Opposition

Russians worry that they will not live to collect their pension due to the proposed age increase. But to what extent is this true?

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Child Poverty in the United States

The U.S. relative child poverty rate is the worst of the G7 economies.

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Future of Work and the Survival of the Welfare State

More and more people are finding work in the digital economy, but more flexibility also means increased insecurity.

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Wishful Thinking About Poverty in America

It takes determination not to see the facts on U.S. poverty for what they are.

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The Nordic Model and the European Crisis

Has Scandinavia’s emphasis on fairness and social cohesion made its economies more resilient to Europe’s crisis?

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Just Who Fears Democracy? On the Need to Update the American Republic

How have today’s Europeans turned out to be the real practitioners of the American notion of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?

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In Memoriam: Tony Judt on the Future of Decadent Europe

Could Europe’s social welfare system actually provide political and economic stability to the continent?

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