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Tag Archives: unemployment
The problem of low pay
Low pay is a huge problem in the UK. Of the 11 million people currently living in poverty, 6 million have jobs. Some of this is due to under-employment – people who work, but can’t get full-time hours – but … Continue reading
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Tagged low pay, low wages, minimum wage, poverty, tax credits, unemployment
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Is there life after work? The welfare state in a future without jobs
Peter Frase argues that liberals are wrong to focus on universal employment: “Forget job creation, we need to do more job killing. Cutting the military budget, reining in the financial sector, and dismantling the prison-industrial complex will destroy many jobs. … Continue reading
Why don’t we want to pay unemployment benefits? Pt.2
This is part two of my duo of posts on why support for unemployment benefits seems to have crashed over the last 15-20 years. Last time I focused on what’s been going on in people’s heads. I argued that people … Continue reading
Why don’t we want to pay unemployment benefits? Pt.1
Inspired by Ben’s recent batch of posts on the benefits system, I wanted to spend some time talking a bit more about how people on benefits are perceived, and how and why that might have changed over time. In his … Continue reading