Tag: Social policy
Davos: "Germany is not a hopeless case"
Mariana Mazzucato, Robert Habeck’s favorite economist, is convinced that climate protection without growth will not work. She explains how innovation succeeds. source site
Child poverty in Japan: emaciated from the holidays
When it comes to social policy, Japan’s government can rely on the principle of self-help. But this is particularly stressful for single mothers and discourages them from starting a family.…
Family: Why a single parent feels excluded
Susanne Naumann raises four children alone and was unemployed for a long time. She now has a job again, but her everyday life is stressful. A long-term observation in a…
SPD: Scholz at the party conference without Scholzomat – opinion
Party conferences are events to celebrate creeds; Its purpose has never been for 600 delegates to enjoy the beauty of compromise. Therefore, the SPD will be forgiven for what it…
FDP deputy leader Vogel in an SZ interview: “Our welfare state is a thicket” – politics
The system of state aid in Germany leads to blatant injustice, says FDP Vice President Johannes Vogel – and calls for these design errors to be corrected. During the debate…
Nobody dares to approach the pension
Even the Christmas party with his employees in the Federal Chancellery has to be canceled for Olaf Scholz this year. Because there is no time for festivities given the billion-dollar…
There is another way to be fair – economics
Germany’s welfare state has come under discussion. First, the debate simmered about basic child security, which makes help for families even more complicated, then about citizens’ benefit, which the Union…
Basic child protection: Coming "the traffic light’s largest social policy reform project" just gradually?
According to a government paper, Family Minister Lisa Paus could move away from the full start on January 1, 2025 and gradually introduce the social reform against child poverty. This…
Study on social benefits: Researchers call for a general overhaul of the welfare state – Economy
Those who work more often do not receive more money if they also receive state aid. Scientists demand that this must change. The FDP now wants to implement corrections to…
Study on the welfare state: those who work more have less money – economy
How absurd the German welfare state sometimes seems can be shown using a small example calculation. A single parent with two children who works for 1,000 euros gross per month…