Conspicuously poor?
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Attitudes, Fairness, Inequality, Wellbeing | 9 Comments »In a society in which we often judge each other by superficial appearances, it seems individuals are denied empathy or support as 'poor' if they are still able to take care of their appearance. A friend of mine who has lived ...
It’s the inequality, stupid
Friday, January 27th, 2012 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Attitudes, Citizen's income, Corporate Social Responsibility, Inequality | 5 Comments »We know so much about the growing inequality in the UK. We know that it is getting worse – in Scotland, for example, two fifths of the increase in income during the last decade has gone to the richest 10% of ...
Whose welfare state is it anyway?
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 by Kenny McBride Posted in Benefits, Citizen's income, Corporate Social Responsibility, Fairness, Inequality, Livelihoods | 2 Comments »As the American presidential primary season gets underway, Ron Paul has received a great deal of attention for his libertarian approach to economics. In short, libertarian capitalism argues that any form of state intervention in economic matters distorts market forces and ...
Ignoring Britain’s poor is not only morally bad, it’s economically unsound
Thursday, January 19th, 2012 by Ben Morgan Posted in Citizen's income, Inequality, Labour rights, Livelihoods, Robin Hood Tax, Unemployment, Welfare reform | No Comments »This post first appeared on Open Democracy. Chill winds are sweeping Britain’s economy with a general expectation that poverty will increase in the coming years, and that poverty reduction targets will be missed. Alarm bells rang loudly after hints that the ...
Either we’re at war or all in it together – not both
Monday, January 16th, 2012 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Fairness, Labour rights, Unemployment, Wellbeing | 4 Comments »Our Prime Minister has kicked off 2012 by announcing a pledge to half the amount of red-tape and calling health and safety laws a ‘monster’. This is part of a promise he made last year to wage ‘war’ on the ...
