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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
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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
Incapacity benefit existed in ancient Greece
This is from Aristotle on the Athenian constitution. The Council also inspects the Incapables; for there is a law enacting that persons possessing less than 3 minae1 and incapacitated by bodily infirmity from doing any work are to be inspected by … Continue reading
A mean toff on Channel 4
I recorded an appearance for Channel 4′s series, 4thought, yesterday. I went to the studios of Waddell Media just off Tottenham Court Rd. It is a strange but rather clever format. For the viewer, it appears that someone is talking … 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
“Golden misses” – reasons why some women are not so keen on marriage
Why do people marry less? One reason, I have argued, is that for those who are poor enough to be influenced, the welfare state offers women who want children an alternative to a financially-supporting man. In Britain, at least, it … Continue reading
The good and bad of welfare reform in the USA
http://www.centerforajustsociety.org/2011/08/25/32484/blog/the-difficulties-of-welfare-reform/
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
Do shorter term unemployment benefits reduce unemployment?
US research suggesting that shorter term unemployment benefits would reduce unemployment: http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=20977&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ncpadpd+%28Daily+Policy+Digest%29
The mob violence: an analysis that will not be made and a reflection on the difficulty of measuring incivility and alienation
The riots in London and elsewhere over the past few days suggest a profound level of underlying incivility and alienation among the young, especially, in Britain. It would b extremely interesting for there to be an analysis of those arrested … Continue reading
Sweden is not Marilyn Munroe
(This is the unedited version of an article which appeared recently in the Spectator) Sweden is iconic like Marilyn Munroe or Karl Marx. It is supposed to stand for something special: a kind of socialist paradise where socialism and a … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Education, Healthcare and the NHS, Parenting, Politics, Welfare benefits