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Read The Book
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
Licence
Stats
The German employment miracle
Germany used to have worse unemployment than Britain. Now it has better. Youth unemployment has fallen to 8% – half the level it was in 2005. And this despite the Eurozone crisis. Something happened in Germany. What was it? Elizabeth … Continue reading
The relationship between crime and unemployment
A third of those claiming unemployment benefit have criminal records. Article here. It is a startling statistic. It seems pretty obvious that those who are convicted will, especially if they have been in prison, be more likely to go onto … Continue reading
Interview in Sweden
Here is an interview I did earlier this year in Sweden. http://www.axess.se/tv/program.aspx?id=2666
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Education, European Union, General, Healthcare and the NHS, Parenting, Pensions, Politics, Unemployment, Welfare benefits
Learning to do a job
I have just visited a vocational school in Zurich. The thing that struck me most was the information that students at it do not apply to the school. They apply to a company to employ them and then, when they … Continue reading
Esping-Andersen and his three worlds of welfare capitalism
One of the most influential writers on welfare states is Gosta Esping-Andersen. Back in 1989, he wrote a book called The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism in which he categorised welfare states into three kinds. When I first heard about … Continue reading
Beer and circuses: aspects of university education in the USA…and probably elsewhere
…high dropout rates, growing student debt, a beer-and-circus social spectacle that dominates many campuses, and measured outcomes that show many students fail to increase their knowledge significantly in four, five, or more years… From an article arguing for a return … Continue reading
What causes unemployment?
This is an unusually easy question to answer. Governments cause unemployment. How else can one explain why Switzerland, for example, has in the recent past had three per cent unemployment and Spain over 21%? How do governments cause unemployment? That … Continue reading
Who said “People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance”?
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest we become bankrupt. People must again learn to … Continue reading
Aspects of the riots and what needs to be done
Some articles in today’s Sunday Telegraph reflect different aspects of the riots and their aftermath: The interview with David Cameron. He is talking tough on crime now but he is the man who appointed Kenneth Clarke to be in charge … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Behaviour & Crime, Blog, Parenting, Politics, Reform, Unemployment, Welfare benefits
Too much higher education
Tyler Brule is an unusual columnist who writes for the Financial Times. He normally writes about style and shopping but he travels around the world a lot and sometimes writes on other things, as today: With some of the highest … Continue reading