The Generous State: Can Europe Afford It?--Is Free-Market Britain.... Mark Rice-Oxley.
by Rice-Oxley, Mark; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 60Global Issues. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): European Union | Free enterprise | Great Britain -- Economic conditions | Great Britain -- Economic policy | Great Britain -- Politics and government | Great Britain -- Social conditions | Social change -- Europe | Social policy | Social problemsDDC classification: 050 Summary: This first part of a three-part series on how "Britain, France, and Finland are adapting their social benefits models to the information age" (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) examines Britain's record on social justice. The author notes that Prime Minister "Tony Blair has sought since he was elected in 1997 to remold various aspects of the British system to make it more compassionate, though not less dynamic. In this 'Anglo-social' model, steadily increasing taxes fund health-service spending; tax revenues are channeled to poor families and to every newborn child; back-to-work programs help the unemployed; and a minimum wage gives greater succor to unskilled workers."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Generous State: Can Europe Afford It?--Is Free-Market Britain..., Oct. 25, 2005; pp. n.p..
This first part of a three-part series on how "Britain, France, and Finland are adapting their social benefits models to the information age" (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) examines Britain's record on social justice. The author notes that Prime Minister "Tony Blair has sought since he was elected in 1997 to remold various aspects of the British system to make it more compassionate, though not less dynamic. In this 'Anglo-social' model, steadily increasing taxes fund health-service spending; tax revenues are channeled to poor families and to every newborn child; back-to-work programs help the unemployed; and a minimum wage gives greater succor to unskilled workers."
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