Sentences with phrase «european social spending»
How bloated is European social spending?
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What conservatives and libertarians are most animated about nowadays is the abuse of public - good authority, particularly as such authority has been misused for a very long time to tax and spend, not generally on public goods like defense but on wealth - transfer programs, such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and other entitlements — the kinds of programs, in other words, that have effectively bankrupted Greece, are threatening to bankrupt several other European nations, and are undermining the European Monetary Union.
The European «welfare states» have cut almost all of their social spendings in the last 20 years, and instead of being wasteful as neocons paint it, those social spendings are what gave Europe peace and prosperity for the past 70 years.
Professor Rueda set the scene: in times of economic hardship, when GDP is falling, the European social model should mitigate the impact of a rise in unemployment and inequality with a concomitant increase in benefit spending, however this model, which held until the 1990s, is no longer the case, except in a few countries such as Spain and Ireland.
During her PhD she spent time as a visiting fellow at the MZES (Mannheim Centrum for European Social Research) in Germany, and whilst there she was mentored by Hermann Schmitt (BES — British Election Study).
The new study, «Social Protection - European Comparisons of Expenditure, 2007 to 2013», shows that in 2013 Britain spent # 483billion on social protection, equivalent to 28 per cent oSocial Protection - European Comparisons of Expenditure, 2007 to 2013», shows that in 2013 Britain spent # 483billion on social protection, equivalent to 28 per cent osocial protection, equivalent to 28 per cent of GDP.
These millions were spent on a range of activities including PR, social media, advertising, and lobbying, in order to influence American and European policy makers and manipulate public discourse on climate change.