Robin Robin Hugenot-Noel, author at Social Europe

The Covid-19 wake-up call to buttress social investment

Anton Hemerijck and Robin Robin Hugenot-Noel

The temptation to cut welfare expenditures to reduce deficits inflated by the pandemic must be resisted.

Just transition: the pensions analogy

Anton Hemerijck and Robin Robin Hugenot-Noel

A ‘just transition’ must replace fear of, and resistance to, brown job losses with consensus behind social investment. Pension reform provides parallels and pointers.

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