Social Welfare

As the economic growth that has driven prosperity slows, we need a new concept of well-being independent of labour market conditions.

Trials in recent years, an advanced national debate and a new progressive majority in Parliament make Finland a key context to follow for basic income developments.

László Andor talks to us about social Europe, his idea of a European unemployment insurance scheme & whether the EU institutions are neoliberal.

Is social democracy in irreversible decline or does it need to be reimagined by different forces, such as the Greens?

Why is the spectre of social (in)security haunting Europe despite it being richer than ever before?