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In the Shadow of Holland’s Prosperity
12 October 2023
In the streets of Amsterdam or Rotterdam, one will see far fewer homeless people than in the streets of Paris or Brussels. However, Dutch cities also struggle with increasing poverty. For the first time in history, the country has even appointed a Minister for Poverty Policy. Behind the image of the
The Welfare State Should Be a State of Fairness and Trust
24 April 2020
After 1945, Belgium and the Netherlands rolled out a monumental social security system that brought prosperity and emancipation. It connected people and stabilised economic and political systems. In 2020, this welfare state has come under pressure. It no longer appears to be self-evident and it is c
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Reform-Resistant Belgian Welfare State
17 April 2020
In Flanders, we're talking about “lost” objects. In the Netherlands, they were “found”. And what if in these corona times we turn that loss into finding? Consider our archives. Once in a while, I dig up a story from our archives that does not necessarily have anything to do with Covid-19, bu