What are the most progressive policies? Under our definition (helps poor more than rich) cutting bus fares tops the list, with 66% of Brits believing it would do more to help the less well off (compared to 29% for train fare cuts) https://t.co/r5lK0o1rKW pic.twitter.com/KeuE1xP6Cm
— YouGov (@YouGov) January 30, 2018
What are the most progressive policies? Cutting bus fares!
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by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty, middle-class welfare, social insurance, welfare state
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.@HillaryClinton’s devastating critique of @SenSanders’ single-payer bill
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by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - USA Tags: health insurance, social insurance
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by Jim Rose in politics - New Zealand, population economics, public economics Tags: ageing society, social insurance, Social Security
Spending on health or education could have been increased by a quarter or the company tax rate cut by up to 10 percentage points but for the Cullen Fund.
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by Jim Rose in fiscal policy, labour economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, public economics Tags: social insurance, universal basic income, welfare state
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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, fiscal policy, labour economics, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: social insurance, universal basic income
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What demographic crisis in the USA?
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by Jim Rose in fiscal policy, macroeconomics, politics - USA, population economics Tags: ageing society, demographic crisis, retirement savings, social insurance
Source: OECD (2015), Regional Statistics (database), http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/region-data-en (accessed 10 September 2015).
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How we pay for a universal basic income – Whiteboard Wednesday
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by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, fiscal policy, labour economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: social insurance, UBI
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Why no progress on the gender wage gap in @SenSanders’ favourite countries
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