{"id":8724,"date":"2021-04-22T19:17:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/?p=8724"},"modified":"2021-04-22T19:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:20:58","slug":"robert-skidelsky-britains-benefit-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/blog\/robert-skidelsky-britains-benefit-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Skidelsky &#8211; Britain\u2019s Benefit Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Robert has written a new piece for Project Syndicate <strong> Read it at the link below:<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/e.project-syndicate.org\/ls\/click?upn=y3u55wEDgqj4kuxobNoby312GtYu-2FKKKTk5RVbdAU6JNjG27GrqdKy1ckQ7-2FER3pzgZSJNnZwPqEWRT-2BM7naFw-3D-3D-G8x_62i4ZQidJAut2vx9TYnJ84RsbOTbXAeFIAnSw6MaV3DqddZeCsBcZY-2FPL1PyBYLuJCQ5LrZwRqY0MXBeWWZIBnZ7jHZYledeWb4A-2FGxSgwMWevxKVIW4uV-2BU29BGt5Lk9Fevq99ykq8ygyA69cot2LbsnQUtKzU6CDHP9l1lHqLe1Jbez0meAQqTeU-2BMHI59eLTCOzJL-2Brw9ou0d-2Bb51qjr6Zu2TGyUWddPnanneGAWITx7QZl46c85gxVGS8LbU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/prosyn.org\/XKv2UB2?referral=31ec22<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert castigates the Universal Benefit system and makes the case for a job guarantee by the state<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;the problem is aggregate under-demand for labor, not a surplus supply of the wrong kind of labor.The only escape from such a system is to replace fantasy with reality. 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