Left Side of the Story: Labour, Welfare, and Workplace
By Cultural Shifts and Berrak Kabasakal — April 10th, 2008
The fourth panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.
Posts Tagged ‘welfare’
Periodizing our Current Moment: Work-Well-Fare As a New Mode of Social Regulation
By Matthew Lymburner — April 2nd, 2008
The title of my paper contains an assortment of words relevant to current labor studies – networks, struggle, unions – but one word, or more aptly, one concept, will certainly stand out as peculiar: work-well-fare. What is this concept? What does it mean? I argue …
Moody’s: US may lose triple-A credit rating
By Cultural Shifts — January 12th, 2008
The Financial Times is reporting that the US may lose it’s triple-A credit rating due to the nation’s rising healthcare and social security spending. The change would be the first since 1917.
Of course, FT goes on to contend that the triple-A rating doesn’t …
