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Before the welfare state
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The Greycoat Hospital
The Greycoat Hospital was once a workhouse. It has since been a hospital and a school. It has a very long welfare history. It has now been taken over by the state.
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The Greycoat Hospital
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Education and State
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Tag Archives: Poland
More people are on food stamps in the USA than live in Poland.
There are over 46 million people in the USA on food stamps which is a massive increase since a low of about 17 million in 2000. The population of Poland is 38.5 million. From here.
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Welfare benefits
Paying a backhander to get a sick note
When I was in Poland last month, someone there remarked how Poland had been one of the ‘disability capitals’ of Europe. The numbers of people claiming to be unable to work through illness were apparently enormous. Today I had a … Continue reading
The champion teacher union
Teachers’ unions in Britain, the USA, France and elsewhere have reason to think that they wield considerable power and have been able to improve their conditions of employment considerably. But surely the champion of teacher trade unions is that of … Continue reading
Which countries have obedient pedestrians and why?
As I go from country to country, one of the things I occasionally notice is whether or not people obey the signs for pedestrians not to cross a road. Here in Warsaw, the level of obedience is quite remarkable. Only … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Behaviour & Crime
Here is an idea for the London School of Economics
I have just been visiting the Warsaw School of Economics. In the hall – which is of traditional vast, Socialist planning size, there is now a TV carrying live prices from the Warsaw stock exchange and share indices for other … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Politics
Power politics, Germany and the EU
On the overnight train from Amsterdam to Warsaw, I met a Polish man who apparently advises a parliamentary committee in Poland on foreign policy. Naturally we talked a little about the British veto of a EU treaty on fiscal control … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Politics
The most powerful man in education in the world
I was told that Michael Gove, the British secretary of state for education, said this man was the most important person in education in the world. I think that could be upgraded to ‘the most powerful’. He does not run … Continue reading