Social security – Dr Oliver Hartwich

You could fix so much that’s wrong in NZ. So why choose a welfare system that works?

The New Zealand government has picked the one part of the New Zealand economy that does not require a big reform for its biggest legacy project: the welfare state. [...]

Social insurance lessons from Germany

Would we really like to end up with an arrangement that puts a massive wedge between people’s gross and net incomes? A system, by the way, that also harms employment outcomes, especially for the most vulnerable? [...]

Unemployment insurance is anti-social

Were the innocently titled ‘social unemployment insurance’ better understood, the project would be gone by lunchtime. [...]