26 Jul 2019
There is labour, which is productive and which takes care of the material well-being of the community. In a healthy society, one where extreme scarcity (hunger, poverty) is not the paramount reality, productive labour produces a surplus (more…)
Tags: christelijk sociaal, democratie, economische ongelijkheid, European Social Week, gemeenschap, John Locke, precariaat, ruminant economy, solidariteit, St. Franciscus, vrijgevigheid
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24 Jul 2019
Our image that accompanies unemployment is always about the jobs that have disappeared yesterday and the developments that have led to that situation. It is the employment policy of yesterday that politics and labour unions often are protecting. (more…)
Tags: basic income, European Social Week, labour unions, precariaat, ruminant economy, social dialogue
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20 Jul 2019
At the European Social Week in Milan, Februari 2019, I heard two presentations that shed an interesting light on the current state of labour and employment in Europe. In a number of articles, I would like to discuss some aspects of this situation that I think are important. (more…)
Tags: christelijk sociaal, European Social Week, precariaat, ruminant economy, social dialogue, solidariteit, vrijgevigheid
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1 May 2019
Het tijdperk van ‘de arbeider’ als grootmacht in de economie loopt ten einde. Niet dat de arbeider als machtsfactor verdwijnt, maar er komt een nieuwe macht naast, (more…)
Tags: 1 mei, economische ongelijkheid, expulsions, labour unions, precariaat, Robert Putnam, social dialogue, solidariteit, verzorgingsstaat, vrijgevigheid
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