South Africa needs to revisit and rethink the use and role of its social security system, not as a poverty alleviation tool, but as a demand-side economic stimulus to meet short-term economic growth.
By: Stacey Rutland | Original Post: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/2022/02/18/dont-let-leaders-fail-our-most-vulnerable/6792301001/ During the current legislative session, the Oregon House Human Services Committee lacked the courage to move forward with
Universal programs in moments of economic transformation prove to endure with popular support. Will it last? By: Shaby Missaghi History has a habit of repeating itself.
Most Americans don’t know that Social Security benefits have effectively been cut not because of the way that cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are calculated. UBI can
The pandemic has exposed the systemic failures of America’s inadequate welfare state. It’s time to start over. By: MIMI ABRAMOVITZ, DEEPAK BHARGAVA The economic crisis that
Americans waited an average of more than two years for benefits decisions from the government during the past decade. By: Frank Konkel — More than
Entrepreneur and political novice Andrew Yang is hoping a wild gambit will help him win the Democratic presidential nomination: give 10 American families US$1,000 a
Basic Income is everywhere these days. The idea that anyone could receive monthly payments to supplement–or even replace–their regular income has found a foothold at
