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		<title>Guaranteed Income: a Dream or a Solution for 2017?</title>
		<link>https://society.ie/2016/12/guaranteed-income-a-dream-or-a-solution-for-2017/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 22:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Ó Giobúin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his 1967 book Where do we go from here, Martin Luther King wrote: I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income. This coming year marks the fifty year anniversary of the last book written by Martin Luther King before his assassination. In the half century that has followed, poverty has not been eradicated, economic inequality has been exacerbated, and the concept of a guaranteed income, while remaining a ‘widely discussed measure’, has not been implemented in any state. With the modern economy increasingly fluid and transnational in nature, the concerns raised by Martin Luther King in his seminal work remain as pertinent and contemporary as ever. The security of the Nine-to-Five job is increasingly being replaced by flexible and precarious work practices the modern globalised economy requires. While precarious employment has long been acknowledged as a concern of the unskilled manual and service industry workers, the rise of the modern precariat extends job insecurity into all areas of employment affected by globalisation and neoliberal economic practices. The temptation is to seek to combat the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The European Pillar of Social Rights: A Timely Lifeline for the EU?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 05:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Gallagher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The march of far-right wing political parties across Europe, the recent Brexit, and the US Presidential election of Donald Trump - have all signalled a sweeping social disconnect and disenfranchisement on both sides of the Atlantic. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Issues of General Election 2016: Childcare and Parental Leave</title>
		<link>https://society.ie/2016/02/the-issue-of-general-election-2016-childcare-and-parental-leave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Gallagher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Childcare Policy &#38; Gender Equality: Will the next government deliver? The incomparably high costs of childcare in Ireland continues to cripple low to middle income earners who work full time. The average annual cost of childcare in the EU accounts for 12% of family income, in Ireland this figure rises to 35% for Irish families. For instance, the average annual cost of full-time childcare for two children in Ireland is €16,500 (Indecon, 2013). Not only has affordability been seriously lacking, there have also been worrying concerns over the quality and regulation of childcare in Ireland. The RTE Prime Time expose entitled ‘’Breach of Trust’’ documented several allegations of child abuse in a number of Dublin and Wicklow crèches. These incidents have highlighted the lack of regulatory standards and investment afforded to education for childcare workers. In light of the scandals, Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, Dr Geoffrey Shannon, called for a national register for childcare workers, increased regulation, and increased investment afforded to education and training. Childcare is a largely unregulated sector that has remained under-funded in terms of both government subsidies and investment in education and training. Unaffordable, quality childcare remains a primary concern for Irish parents. Against the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Income inequality in Capitalist Structures: Live and Let Die?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Gallagher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent Oxfam report An Economy for the 1% (Oxfam International 18/01/16) has received widespread international attention for reporting the growing economic disparity between the world’s richest and poorest. The startling figure that resonated with international media was the revelation that 62 of the world’s richest people own the same amount of wealth as half the world – some 3.6 billion people. The report revealed that the wealth of the world’s poorest half of the population has decreased by a trillion dollars since 2010, while the wealth of the 62 richest people has increased by more than half a trillion dollars. Oxfam are urging world leaders to take immediate action to tackle the ‘’inequality crisis’’. A report on income inequality from the OECD in 2014 also revealed that the gap between rich and poor is at its highest peak in 30 years. The OECD urged world leaders to note that this level of income inequality not only harms societies but the growth of economies, too. It seems that the post-crash period is an era fiercely dominated by crises; the global financial crisis, the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the European migrant crisis, a crisis of demographics for an ageing Europe, a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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