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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 · 28/07/2025
For me the question is whether flat rate benefits are all that's possible if we're moving that way economically. Are there ways to maintain earnings-releated benefits in this future?
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We had similar thoughts - I'd be curious what you think of this www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/h...
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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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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
@lauraalfers.bsky.social
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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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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Welcoming @lauraalfers.bsky.social to bluesky and the social protection starter pack
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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
Thanks, @tiapalermo.bsky.social!
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
These ideas are not yet fully formed, but we think they are worth exploring and we hope to start a conversation, so please get in touch if you have any reflections!
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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 · 23/01/2025
Looking forward to seeing you in Oxford!
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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
Here is the book: www.cepal.org/en/publicati...
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Non-contributory pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: towards solidarity with sustainability
Accede a Non-contributory pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: towards solidarity with sustainability en CEPAL. Lee el texto completo aquí.
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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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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I particularly like this one: "I am afraid you will find some parts complicated" 😀
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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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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
So we have governments rushing to implement systems with high error rates that they don't fully understand (neither do I, of course) or even own/manage themselves (I think TransUnion for DWP). This clearly isn't going anywhere, so we'll have plenty of time to continue the conversation in person 😀
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Yes, how matters and good systems, case workers are crucial to mitigate the worst risk. I think ultimately they are not implemented from a view of improving inclusion, account., quality of care, etc. They are to reduce cost and catch fraud. That's fair but also clearly reflected in their performance
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
It's a fine line between eligibility determination and fraud detection. If not acceptable in one, is the other so different? An important question is whether an AI "decision" is perceived - including by reviewers - as more rigorous and 'scientific' than what they are.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
en.m.wikipedia.org
Dutch childcare benefits scandal - Wikipedia
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
That these systems are mainly unleashed (I think) towards poverty targered SP, with 'inclusion errors' as the main concern is also revealing. Esp in the UK context of 'getting the numbers down'. Tech in SP is thing, but there's also politics of who gets the sharpest end of it. Much to be discussed!
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Yes, need to be careful, there may be benefits, although discrimination (esp re nationality) seems to be a pretty consistent feature (certainly in NL). Given the alignment of interests pushing this often with little scrutiny and accountability, I don't main think the risk is an abundance of caution
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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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