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29 December 2019
The idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is currently the subject of much interest and discussion in the UK, with support and opposition …
30 January 2019
The Employment Flexibility Index of LFMI quantifies a great divergence in employment regulations between EU countries. Of the 41 countries included in the index …
4 June 2018 // Emanuel Örtengren
The EU member states have agreed that 20 million people should be lifted out of poverty by 2020. However, the measure that the European …
Ryan Bourne // 14 March 2018
Suppose the government redistributed to every adult Briton a basic, unconditional income of £10,000 from tax revenues. Would aggregate employment levels a) rise, b) …
6 February 2017
Decisions on childcare arrangements were largely a private matter until the 1990s. A political consensus has since arisen that government action is needed to …
Philip Booth // 16.09.2016 This article is based on a presentation Prof Booth gave at the Autumn University of the Alliance of European Conservatives …
Jagadeesh Gokhale, March 2014 Western governments have developed unfunded social insurance programmes where retiree benefits are paid for from the taxes of …
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