Race and economics: the bill the next government will have to pay
Ageing, migration and pensions are pushing the race question into economic policy. Who will foot the bill?
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The race question enters the economic agenda: who bears the cost
Ageing, migration and pressure on pensions are bringing the ethnic debate into public budgets. The welfare state has become the arena where it is decided who pays in, who receives benefits, and under what conditions the racial factor comes into play.
The demographic factor and the pension time bomb
Population growth in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe's ageing will redefine migration flows and the distribution of wealth. Some see in this renewal the only way to sustain pensions; others, a threat to identity and fiscal solidarity. At the extreme, proposals have even been made for birth control by origin or citizenship by blood.
Jobs and benefits: race as an eligibility criterion
Minority currents go further: tying residence to employment and expelling those without a job. The labour version of "us first" would imply registers by origin and even haplogroups on ID cards. There is also a growing demand for laws against racism towards the white population, presented as Europe's main problem.
None of these prescriptions has withstood a serious analysis of costs and legality. But the race question already has an economic price tag, and the next government will have to decide with data or with slogans.
Ageing, migration and pressure on pensions are bringing the ethnic debate into public budgets. The welfare state has become the arena where it is decided who pays in, who receives benefits, and under what conditions the racial factor comes into play.
The demographic factor and the pension time bomb
Population growth in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe's ageing will redefine migration flows and the distribution of wealth. Some see in this renewal the only way to sustain pensions; others, a threat to identity and fiscal solidarity. At the extreme, proposals have even been made for birth control by origin or citizenship by blood.
Jobs and benefits: race as an eligibility criterion
Minority currents go further: tying residence to employment and expelling those without a job. The labour version of "us first" would imply registers by origin and even haplogroups on ID cards. There is also a growing demand for laws against racism towards the white population, presented as Europe's main problem.
None of these prescriptions has withstood a serious analysis of costs and legality. But the race question already has an economic price tag, and the next government will have to decide with data or with slogans.
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