Conspicuously poor?
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Attitudes, Fairness, Inequality, Wellbeing | 3 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 | 3 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 | 1 Comment »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 ...
Heating or Eating – no one should have to choose
Friday, November 25th, 2011 by Rob Tolan Posted in Citizen's income, Fuel poverty, Inequality, Wellbeing | 2 Comments »A household is said to be in ‘fuel poverty’ if it needs to spend more than 10% of its income on fuel to in order to maintain a satisfactory temperature. The latest Government figures show that there are 5.5 million ...
Whose Economy? Starting the conversation towards a fairer Scotland
Monday, November 7th, 2011 by Mike Danson Posted in Cuts, Inequality, Livelihoods, Unemployment, Welfare reform, Whose Economy | No Comments »Several key messages were generated by the discussions in the Whose Economy? seminar series – which resulted in a series of papers now available here – and not the least of these was the importance of forensic social science in ...
