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Florian Juergens-Grant

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One thing about the glorious past where we discussed trade-offs and incentives and such is that people generally didn't have or provide any information about magnitudes. So they might argue that your plan would 'disincentivize work" and leave it at that. And maybe it would on the margin but...
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Just emailed my MP urging him to add his name on this. I think others should do the same.
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Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Hope @benchu.bsky.social won't mind me pinching his chart to rebut this nonsense. The blue line is the important one.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
'Across all OECD countries, single homeowners who have just lost their jobs retain 55% of their previous in-work incomes on average, falling to 22% if they are still unemployed after five years. In the UK, the “replacement rate” is just 12 per cent in both cases.' 👀 @sarahoconnorft.ft.com
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Britain’s safety net isn’t set up for a widespread jobs shock
The state does not offer a temporary cushion to support those who were previously in work
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
One important point: the actuarial projections about baby boomer retirement were very accurate. You might think we are hitting reserve depletion because "lots of old people/few workers" but that was baked into the 1983 amendment choices. It was the income inequality that caused the trouble.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It's not demographics...birth rates, immigration, the big boomer retirement wave....SSA's actuaries predicted all of that remarkably well. And it is not economic or wage growth...they got those too! So what happened? Two things: 1. massive unanticipated economic inequality in the 80s/90s...
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Prof Deirdre McCann @profmccann.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A pleasure to share my assessment of the World Bank's Business Ready #B-READY project yesterday at @ituc.bsky.social. Welcome opportunity to hear more about the research of Rouguiatou Diallo, @floriangrant.bsky.social & Dhaisy Paredes Guzman. My paper w/Sangheon Lee: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Terrific column by @chrisgiles.ft.com;
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No need for a moral panic about the welfare system
It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high
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International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) @ictdtax.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A lot of attention has been on #FfD4 & the Compromiso de Sevilla – but what does it actually mean amidst a global debt crisis? @maxgallien.bsky.social & @floriangrant.bsky.social chat with WIEGO about the process and its outcomes: www.wiego.org/blog/tax-jus... #FinancingOurFuture #TaxExperts
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Funding Development Through the Lens of Tax Justice and Social Protection
What is the International Conference on Financing for Development and how is it significant in setting the agenda for development financing and cooperation? Max: It’s a large UN-driven process that br...
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
#Arminia 💙 #Bielefeld
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At an Uncertain Moment for Germany, Suddenly Boring Doesn’t Look So Bad
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

• Al Overview
The idiom "you can't lick a badger twice" means you can't trick or deceive someone a second time after they've been tricked once. It's a warning that if someone has already been deceived, they are unlikely to fall for the same trick again.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
• Licking: "Licking" in this context means to trick or deceive someone.
• Badger: The badger is a wild animal, and the phrase likely originates from the historical sport of badger baiting where dogs were used to harass
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"No bros, no oligarchs" works pretty well www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
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Ursula von der Leyen: "We have no bros and no oligarchs"
Donald Trump's second term has brought "historic changes", says EU President Ursula von der Leyen. In our interview, she explains how Europe must respond.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
New blog on the importance of informal worker organisations deepening their understanding of domestic financing for social protection in this time of austerity and aid cuts, and how WIEGO's free online resources can support that www.wiego.org/blog/domesti...
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Amid austerity and aid cuts, workers need to deepen their understanding of domestic financing of social protection
Could you give a bit more background on the training? The training is part of a three-year capacity development journey for the global networks of workers in informal employment. We have started with ...
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 03/04/2025
The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
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11FREUNDE @11freunde.de · 01/04/2025
Fußball, bloody hell! #DSCB04
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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Because social-insurance contributions depend on wages, labor-intensive firms now shoulder a larger financing burden, which lets many profitable companies off the hook, note @floriangrant.bsky.social and Luca Pellerano.
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Future-Proofing Social Protection | by Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano - Project Syndicate
Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano explain why employers’ contributions should be determined by capital intensity, not just labor stock.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
How to equitably finance social protection in a world where labour appears to be losing ground? In this @projectsyndicate.bsky.social piece, Luca Pellerano and I share some of our thinking on re-balancing social protection financing towards capital. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/h...
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Future-Proofing Social Protection | by Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano - Project Syndicate
Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano explain why employers’ contributions should be determined by capital intensity, not just labor stock.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Great article on 'Why work is (still) not working for women' by CNN for International Women's Day with lots of data and quotes from WIEGO colleagues edition.cnn.com/2025/03/07/w...
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Why work is (still) not working for women | CNN
Sexual harassment, low wages and the ‘motherhood penalty’ are just some of the obstacles millions of women face at work in 2025.
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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
1/ Keynes' (v hard headed) paper How to Pay for the War (1940) proposed something like abolishing the 2-child limit BECAUSE Britain was at war archive.org/details/in.e...
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Niko Väänänen @nikovaananen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The French Just Want to Enjoy Their Retraite An american retirement wonk visits France. retirementincomejournal.com/article/the-...
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Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This morning the justice secretary pointed to a “huge rise in the welfare budget” as justification for targeting benefit spending to make fiscal savings. So how big has the rise in welfare spending been?
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We are currently supporting global networks of informal workers organisations with a three year capacity development journey on #socialprotection 1st round was on the Financing and Economics of SP. Initially designed to be in-person, we have just digitised them www.wiego.org/wp-content/u...
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Financing Social Protection - Social Protection Capacity Development Journey
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Join us in a bit to discuss a seminal book on non-contributory pensions across Latin America and the Caribbean lnkd.in/eqfm3TzQ
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Looking forward to sharing my reflections as part of the launch of an important ECLAC book on 'Non-contributory pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: towards solidarity with sustainability' 21 Jan 11.00-13.00 Mexico City time Join here: us02web.zoom.us/j/82276624204
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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🤧 Früher hart erkämpft, heute selbstverständlich? Die #Lohnfortzahlung im #Krankheitsfall war 1956 Grund für den längsten #Streik der BRD-Geschichte. Warum das Thema aktueller ist, als viele denken, hört ihr in unserem Podcast "Geschichte wird gemacht"🎧 www.gewerkschaftsgeschichte.de/streiken-fur...
Bild: "Eine kranke Frau arbeitet auf dem Sofa mit einem Laptop. Sie wirkt erschöpft, hat eine Tasse in der Hand und benutzte Taschentücher liegen neben ihr – ein Symbolbild für Arbeiten trotz Krankheit." Text: Warum du auch bezahlt wirst, wenn du krank bist! Podcast "Geschichte wird gemacht"
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
📢 New WIEGO podcast on Social Dialogue and Social Protection for Informal Workers out now! What is social dialogue? Why is it crucial in expanding social protection to informal workers? How can informal workers access social dialogue spaces? @cyrusafa.bsky.social
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#42 Social Dialogue and Social Protection for Informal Workers
In the fourth and last episode of the governance building block we dive into the discussion of social dialogue and social protection for informal workers. But what does social dialogue actually mean?
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Price controls we need! "The [🇩🇪] left-wing party Die Linke even proposed to fix the price of kebabs at 4.90 euro" Fascinating article on the contested history of the kebab
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The kebab, a (divisive) part of Europe
We are what we eat: a blend of tastes, recipes, cultures and habits. The kebab, a beloved, consumed, opposed, and now gentrified dish, represents and embodies all these tensions. Meanwhile, Turkey wan...
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas to all
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Ugo Gentilini @ugentilini.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Check out Part-I of a special edition of the weekly #socialprotection links, where 23 great minds share their suggested readings of 2024! www.ugogentilini.net/links-dec-13...
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
"The index revives the controversial ‘employing workers’ indicator, previously removed from the DBR after years of criticism .. for rewarding countries with the lowest level of regulations, including violators of workers’ rights, to make their economies friendlier to business"
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The B-Ready index: the World Bank’s bluewashing of labour rights - Bretton Woods Project
World Bank’s new Business-Ready (B-Ready) index offers new measures but reductionist approach, ultimately rewarding countries driving down labour rights in favour of business.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We used to be a country. A proper country.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
👏🇩🇪⚽️
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Christina Behrendt @cbehrendt.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Happy Sunday! Sharing our paper on enhancing the gender-responsiveness of social protection policies, with a strong emphasis a life-cycle approach to system-building. www.ilo.org/publications...
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Making social protection work for gender equality: What does it look like? How do we get there?
This paper outlines the perspective and approach of the ILO’s Universal Social Protection Department to enhancing the gender-responsiveness of social protection policies, anchored in international soc...
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
“Denied by AI,” the multi-part STAT News investigation of how #UnitedHealthcare used an opaque algorithmic system to deny care to people who needed it is a #mustread www.statnews.com/2023/03/13/m...
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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need
A STAT investigation found artificial intelligence is driving Medicare Advantage denials to new heights, cutting off care for seniors.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
In depressing but totally unsurprising news: "Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims"
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Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach
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socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org · 04/12/2024
1/2 🚨 Join @‌SP_Gateway on 05 December for the #SPorgWebinar "Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation" 🔗https://buff.ly/49jXjl4 🕛 08:00 (GMT-5) 🏢 UN Women, UNICEF, FCDO, HelpAge International and WIEGO +
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This Thursday!
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Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation | socialprotection.org
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Paul Harvey @prhho.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
NEW PAPER: One common misconception about informal economies is that they do not pay taxes. In a new article, Nana Akua Anyidoho, Mike Rogan, Vanessa van den Boogaard and Max Gallien survey of 2500 informal workers in Accra to show that tax burdens can be real, regressive, & skewed: lnkd.in/ehpmRRgq
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Excited to be in Tunis this week to develop a new TRANSFORM training on Extending Social Protection Coverage [to workers in informal employment but not only] Through Integrated Systems with many great social protection people
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Marco Knowles @knowlesmarco.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
How to make #climateaction in #NDCs more inclusive through #socialprotection? Read here 👉 www.social-protection.org/gimi/Media.a....
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Christina Behrendt @cbehrendt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Have a look at our blog on closing #gender gaps in #socialprotection coverage and adequacy, with some recommendations for gender-responsive social protection policies. 👉 Read here: lnkd.in/gwA2_ZqS
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Looking forward to making a small contribution to this important upcoming webinar on 'harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation', together with an all-star panel including @silkestaab.bsky.social Naila Kabeer, Lorraine Ndlovu, Cherian Mathews, Gloria Reyes Gómez
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Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation | socialprotection.org
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Otoh, check out "unconditional cash transfers".
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Sander Wagner @sanderwagner.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
If you ever feel down about Europe because you read too many noah smith tweets about dismal economic growth, I recommend listening to the wirecutter episode on butter, which is basically a 20 minute advertisement of "Euro Butter" as an antidote. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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Ugo Gentilini @ugentilini.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Your weekly digest is out — check out the latest on #socialprotection from around the world. www.ugogentilini.net/links-nov-22...
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Links Nov 22 – How to peg cash transfers on inflation; food subsidy reforms in Iran; CCTs vs UCTs in Africa; nutrition information in Malawi – with and without cash; labor income effects of a social i...
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"The missing middle"
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
New WIEGO podcast on how workers can leverage legal frameworks and administrative justice to advance social protection
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#41 Governance, Social Protection And Law
In the third episode of the governance building block we move on to the discussion of legal frameworks and social protection. How can legal provisions of participation, access to information, transpar
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Fascinating and important paper! Turns out undercutting worker power doesn't somehow increase formal work Who'd have thought
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Charles Knox-Vydmanov @knoxvydmanov.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The ILO has created a dashboard on informal employment and it's extremely cool. www.unglobalaccelerator.org/resource/inf... I'm often struck by how much better data availability/curation is on these kind of issues are compared to, say, a decade ago @cgalian.bsky.social @ourworldindata.org
Screenshot of the International Labour Organization's informality dashboard. Link in the post.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Sign up for @ugentilini.bsky.social's weekly social protection links for a brilliant way to keep up with a diverse and fast-moving sector - and to ring in the weekend every Friday
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