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Casting the net wider: remaking the welfare state
Casting the net wider: remaking the welfare state
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Mar 12, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
As the Biden administration fires a $1.9trn pandemic-relief bazooka, we consider how governments might rethink welfare: providing more-flexible benefits, investing in human capital and acting as an insurer against the gravest risks. The simple pleasure of human touch, so constrained of late, is not an emotional luxury—it’s a physical need. And why it’s so hard to coin a word.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Released:
Mar 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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