Tag Archives: Sociedad
Elections in a time of increasing EuroscepticismChristopher Tulloch
Codirector of Journalism Specializing in International Politics programmes, UPF-IDEC
One of the most interesting factors for analysis during the European elections of 25 May will be the translation –or not– of booming Euroscepticism affecting the polls. However, this lack [...]
Unity in DiversityAlejandro Saiz Arnaiz
Professor of European Constitutional Law, UPF-IDEC
To avoid a new war that would devastate Europe. This was the ultimate aim of the European leaders who came up with the idea of supranational integration following two world [...]
Reshoring of businesses and the effect on job creation in the European UnionLena Raps
Talent Scholarship-holder, Master of Science in International Business, UPF Barcelona School of Management
As nearly graduates, we all come across this topic at one point or another – the difficult job situation in Europe. The unemployment rate in Spain of 25,6 % in [...]
Putting affairs in order to give value to Public HealthcareJaume Puig-Junoy
Director of Health Economics programmes, Barcelona School of Management
Despite the still relatively robust condition of public health care in Spain, provided that the axe of budgetary cutbacks does not ultimately destabilise it in the short term, the medium-term [...]
Is the current welfare state sustainable?Oriol Amat
Professor of Economy and Financial Programmes, Barcelona School of Management
The welfare state essentially comprises such provisions as pensions, unemployment benefit and services including healthcare, education, care for dependent people and other social services. There is a broad consensus that [...]
In Defence of the Welfare StateVicenç Navarro
Professor of Public Policy, IDEC-Pompeu Fabra University
One of the great victories of progressive forces in the Western world has been the establishment of the Welfare State, which includes those public transfers (such as, for example, retirement [...]
What place does culture hold in a welfare society?Javier Aparicio Maydeu
Director of Publishing programmes at IDEC-UPF
Many may feel, and not without reason, that it should supplement the creation of citizenship, contribute to our emotional balance, distract us from the stress caused by our work, increase [...]
Taxes and public SpendingAntoni Duran-Sindreu Buxadé
Director of Tax System Programmes, Barcelona School of Management
Taxes, as the Constitution states, are the technical instrument necessary to cover public spending. The main action undertaken by the Government therefore has to be focused on spending, or even [...]