Showing posts with label Social Reform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Reform. Show all posts

Stephen Hill Linkography: Social & Political Reform


The Myth Of The Overtaxed Europeans And Other
Modern Fables

Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 19 November 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Child care in the United States costs more than $12,000 annually for a family with two children. In some countries in Europe, child care is free. In others, they pay $1000-$2000 per year, depending on their income. So they are paying at most only one-sixth of what Americans are paying -- and the quality is far superior.

Next Steps for Social Democracy: An American Perspective
Article: 16 December 2009 - Social Europe Journal. This article was published as part of the "Building the Good Society" debate hosted by Social Europe Journal. In Hill's opinion, the predicament of social democracy strikes at the heart of several modern dilemmas that will be at the forefront of the twenty-first century. Given the many obstacles and challenges presented by globalisation, global warming and geopolitical shifts, he believes that social democrats have made remarkable gains and are providing a beacon to the rest of the world.

Happy Tax Day: Are Americans Getting Their Money's Worth?
Posted: April 16, 2010 - Huffington Post. Europeans are receiving a generous support system for families and individuals for which Americans must pay exorbitantly, out-of-pocket, if we are to receive it at all. In return for their taxes, Europeans also are receiving affordable child care, a decent retirement pension, free or inexpensive university education, job retraining, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, ample vacations, affordable housing, senior care, efficient mass transportation and more.


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Stephen Hill Linkography: Europe Ponders


Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 13 October 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Hill observed the municipal elections, and the populist, anti-immigrant Freedom Party (FPO) nearly doubled its vote total from the last election to 27 percent. The long-time governing Social Democrats (SPO) finished with 45 percent forcing them into a coalition government for the first time since the 1990s. However, the Freedom Party’s 27 percent of the vote will be overwhelmingly outvoted by whatever majority coalition emerges, headed by the Social Democrats, so none of their proposed policies will come to pass.

Who's Right Now? Europe's far-right resurgence fizzles out
Article: 1 February 2003 - The American Prospect. The idea of European society as a "melting pot" or "rainbow quilt" is alien and new, and undoubtedly there will be strains for some time to come. But for the American media and punditry -- right, left and mainstream -- to portray the situation as one in which Nazis and fascists are gaining a real foothold in Europe is erroneous and hyperbolic.

The Prime Ministers Weigh In; What Is The Proper Role and Social Function Of A Bank?
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 30 September 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Panel discussion in Budapest entitled: Rebuilding confidence in financial markets: financial regulations, budgetary discipline, monetary stability. The heart of Hill's speech concerned values-based banking and finance and dealt with the question of 'What are the right values for a banking and financial system?' He explored how banks and the financial industry could be turned away from the casinos they have become and made into responsible institutions.

The Plight Of The Roma Minority: Signs Of Hope Amidst This Challenge To Rainbow Europe
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 14 October 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Hill had a fascinating interview with Professor Rudolf Sarkozi, a recognized and sought-out European leader of the Roma, who gave his frank opinions on the persecution of the Roma, the recent French president Sarkozy’s policy of Roma expulsion from France, the general treatment of ethnic minorities in Europe and Austria, relations with other minorities such as the Turkish Muslim minority in Vienna, and more.


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