Europe’s much-vaunted welfare states are in trouble. One United Nations expert thinks they should double down on welfare programs.

Let’s start with the big picture. Longevity in the UK is about 15 years longer than it was in 1947, the start of the modern ...

In a recent piece, Virgilio Urbina Lazardi argues that European countries have lower inequality than the United States ...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) railed against the modern welfare state in dramatic fashion during Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate. Scott was one of seven candidates to take the stage, which for the ...

Charles Murray is the E.F. Hutton of social policy: when he talks, people listen. His 1984 classic Losing Ground is the authoritative statement about the perverse incentives and negative effects of ...

Lodged incongruously on the metal cladding of an office block in the City of London, a blue plaque marks the birthplace of Thomas More. In 1516 he published “Utopia”, sketching out a vision of free ...

Nordic Journal of Migration Research, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2011), pp. 13-24 (12 pages) During the 1990s and more so after the turn of the century, the authorities and the public in Scandinavia have become ...

“The Evolution of Modern States” is a significant contribution to the literatures on political economy, globalization, historical institutionalism and social-science methodology. The book begins with ...

The first televised presidential debate, in 1960, began with both candidates sitting before approaching their respective podiums. Nixon was memorably not telegenic: sweaty and uncomfortable. On the ...