Basic income must be embedded within a broader strategy of economic reform, aimed at increasing the social wage and improving working conditions.
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Presidents form commissions to study controversial problems and recommend solutions. President Biden created one while under pressure to pack the Supreme Court. Will a commission help him politically?
In Morocco, the COVID-19 pandemic has burdened women with more housework and duties at home, and violence against them has risen.
A new study highlights significant misunderstandings about the scale and scope of Australians who receive unemployment payments.
The United States was built on the idea of public safety and well-being. Those values have been slowly eroded since the ‘80s. Can the U.S. find its way back to a more caring civil society?
A high unemployment rate isn’t just bad for individuals without a job, and the costs aren’t just financial.
New data shows the Great Recession hurt older, poorer Blacks and Hispanics the most. The pandemic downturn is likely to be even worse for them.
Economic distress was the norm for many before the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic is an opportunity to provide an economically secure future for all.
The Trump administration has proposed a new category that they say will save US$200 million in terminated benefits.
The government is spruiking its commitment to religious freedom and freedom of speech, as well as its successes on tackling inequality. Its record, however, leaves much to be desired.
Imagine if the amount of tax everyone paid was public knowledge – they do it in Sweden.
Budgets will increasingly acknowledge that welfare is about us, rather than us versus them.
The Brexit agreement between the UK and Ireland that few people are talking about – and why it’s still not enough.
Fixing Newstart isn’t enough. We need a comprehensive inquiry into our complex and bewildering social security system, especially as it applies to single parents.
Americans are increasingly struggling to save enough for retirement. If Social Security isn’t saved, growing old in poverty will likely become more common.
As House Democrats prepare their agenda for the next two years, dealing with America’s massive fiscal gap should be at the top of their list.
Young people are being put off claiming benefits – and it’s costing both them, and society.
Both before, during and after conflict, wars have shaped the creation of welfare states.
It is important that consideration is given to the role played by individuals working within departments, not just the government.
Social Security will have to dip into its trust fund to pay benefits this year for the first time since 1982. Should we be worried?
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University
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Director, Center for Tax and Budget Policy at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Reader in Employment and Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Executive Associate Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, UMass Boston
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Australian National University
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Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Laurent Chambaud is a Friend of The Conversation.
Médecin de santé publique, École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Monash University
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Associate Professor in the Practice of Finance, Emory University
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration