Welfare Policies
Total 4 Posts
Free school meals debate shows how Victorian attitudes about undeserving poor persist.
4 min read
Your view on poverty depends on whether you see poverty as the result of individual or policy failings. Sometimes the public view of agency-driven poverty masks very real structural causes.
A choice between low-tax, individualism or generous state with unknown price tag.
4 min read
The Conservative Party’s manifesto presents a modest £2.9 billion spending increase compared to Labour’s £82.9 billion spending programme. What does that mean for households?
Myth busted: EU migrants no extra burden on taxpayers in more generous welfare states.
5 min read
EU migrant households are actually a net benefit on the public purse in much of Europe.
Socialists against Socialism? A meditation on how Americans lack social welfare awareness.
8 min read
As a society, we need to improve education regarding social welfare policies and demonstrate how they work so that individuals can more clearly discern the political reality of their lives.