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There are some attempts to combine them, which is gradually becoming one of the preferred EU strategies (though countries vary widely in their opinions): https:
by _delirium 12y ago
There are some attempts to combine them, which is gradually becoming one of the preferred EU strategies (though countries vary widely in their opinions): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexicurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexicurity
The basic idea is that it should be easy to hire/fire people ("flexible labor market", vs. the traditional less-flexible European model), but social policy should smooth out some of the economic uncertainty that produces.
- tormeh 12y agoIt's considered a very good idea over here, I think, but it requires the government to redistribute money from people who work to people who don't, so everyone gets security without needing predictability. I don't think it's very popular in southern Europe, though.
- BSousa 12y agoIn southern Europe, at the moment the idea is to give as much flexibility to hire/fire people and at the same time reduce as much as possible any benefits for people that fall on hard times. Quick example, unemployment used to be at 75% of net income (give or take). Then they changed it to 70, then 65%. Then they capped it at 1600 euros, then 1200. Now it is capped at 1000 euros for the first 6 months, and then 900 afterwards (and the length has also been shortened). Doesn't matter if you were earning 10,000 euros a month or 2,000, now you both get max 1000 euros unemployment, even thou one of you paid 5 times as much in social security payments. (quick note, values are approximate as I remember this from 2 years ago).
- tormeh 12y agoIt's easier to save on that than it is to save on tax dodging and stimulate the economy with less regulatory capture and corruption, unfortunately. It's the tragedy of austerity, that the wrong measures seem to get taken.