Tag: safety net
William Graham Sumner Part 3 – The Forgotten Man
February 12, 2017 | Post
Zwolinski examines William Graham Sumner’s critique of “social justice.”
The Welfare Cliff and Why Many Low-Income Workers Will Never Overcome Poverty
August 24, 2016 | Post
Policies backed with even the best of intentions can still have detrimental effects on those they aim to help. The “Welfare Cliff” is one such example.
Finland’s Plan to Fight Unemployment by Giving Everybody Cash
December 11, 2015 | Post
There’s a very good chance that Finland will become the first country to implement a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI). The country’s Social Insurance Institution (Kela) is studying proposals to replace most of its existing welfare state programs with a simple cash grant – 800 euros for every Finnish citizen, regardless of whether they work, […]