From VOX – De-industrialisation, ‘new Speenhamland’ and neo-liberalism

by Jim Tomlinson, Professor of Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow
From VOX – 05 July 2015

In Britain today, a majority of those in poverty live in working, rather than non-working, households. This challenges the long-held notion that paid work offers a route out of poverty. This column argues that structural changes in the labour market have brought about profound changes in the social security system. A failure to acknowledge these underlying changes means that dialogues about the political direction of the British economy can be problematic and potentially misleading.

Read the full article on VOX:

http://voxeu.org/article/de-industrialisation-new-speenhamland-and-neo-liberalism