A recent post on the excellent Flipchart Fairytales' blog highlights the incoming bulge of would-like-to-be retirees currently aged from 45 to 55. Not only are they numerous but they have under-funded pensions.They are not heading for a comfortable dotage. We can also foresee an increasing problem with joblessness among the low- and semi-skilled. The continuing… Continue reading Defusing a timebombs using only promises
Category: Work
Universal income and crap jobs
It's almost a tautology to say that the worst jobs are also the worst paid. Cleaning toilets, for example, or sweatshop manufacturing, or toiling in a mail-order fulfillment warehouse. At a first naive look this seems odd. The worst jobs ought to pay more. It ought to be the case that in order to get… Continue reading Universal income and crap jobs
What to do about, shhh, libraries?
As in many parts of the UK my local council is casting about for the ways to save money that cause it least trouble. That is to say, it's undertaking an exercise in finding the people with the quietest voices and then cutting their services. A little lateral thinking soon leads the to library where… Continue reading What to do about, shhh, libraries?
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