Month: January 2018

A Response to Poor Health and Low Income Among Older Workers

30/01/2018

by Terrance Hunsley 5th in a series; Futures Entwined: The Nation State and the Welfare State  … in the United States, for men born in 1930 those in the top 20 per cent of earners have a 5-year longer life expectancy than those in the bottom 50 per cent. For people born in 1960, the … More A Response to Poor Health and Low Income Among Older Workers

Are Canada and OECD Countries Reducing Income Inequality?

17/01/2018

    Fourth in a Series: Futures Entwined: The Nation State and the Welfare State by Terrance Hunsley Many people, especially social advocacy groups, feel that government commitments to the welfare state started a long period of retrenchment in the late seventies. The idea that a country can insulate its citizens from economic risk and … More Are Canada and OECD Countries Reducing Income Inequality?