When Blair became prime minister in 1997 he brought a new set of ideas and policies that would change the face of the labour party. His new ideas involved a complete free market economy whereby competition will be encouraged which will improve the levels of service offered to the country, but as long as there is no harm to other people in the process. Leading on from the free-market economy policies was the abolition of clause 4, which was in favour of the collective ownership of industries such as coal, steel. Instead he promoted the ideas communitarianism which gave new importance to decisions in the community rather than at a governmental level. New labour introduced the idea of the third way, a political theory between Thatcherism and social democracy which is a mixture between capitalism and socialism where individual enterprise goes hand in hand with social responsibility, meaning that the government has reduced their evolvement in people’s lives, going back to a more macro style of politics.
The rules are to protect them from harm or something bad. Government protects its people from harm as well. Government sets guidelines for its people and they are expected to follow the law. Government comes from the consent of the people. We pay taxes and the government does things for us for instance Police, schools, roads, etc.
This is the belief that although individuals and families chase their own goals, people have a responsibility to society as a whole (not vandalising etc). Former leader Disraeli understood that Conservatives needed to appeal to all of society not just those who owned property. Thatcher encouraged the mass public to look after their area by letting people buy their council houses, by owning part of these houses then people would want to look after the area more. Cameron has rebranded one nation as the ‘Big Society’ and after the recent riots in cities across England Cameron told the press and parliament that we had to get back to the ‘Big Society’ and core family values if we did not want this to happen again. Margaret Thatcher’s policy on council housing also adhered to the ideology of property and wealth.
Why is Labour Productivity in the UK so low? There are a huge variety of reasons why, in comparison to other countries, our labour productivity is so low: One incredible important reason is that the government drive for full employment has been taking hold. As we can see here; our employment is faring well in comparison with other countries. However, a real problem is the government implementing policy that favours short term social benefit (like for example, mass employment, creation of needless projects simply to provide jobs), rather than long term economic benefit. There is a failure to realise that long term better economic welfare also means general higher standards of living, as people have enough money to buy everything they need and some of what they want, competition is rife so drives quality up and prices down, and the government are able to take in more taxes from firms who are much healthier financially.
The paper will examine neo-liberal economics and their ideological beliefs towards welfare. Following the end of the Second World War, the government took on a role which was to form a collaborative state, helping each other by providing a welfare provision to enable equality. The Welfare state would be paramount in providing well-being, and prosperity within the British population. This sought to encourage economical and personal happiness (Taylor, 2007). Neo-liberalism is often referred to as the ‘new right’ and is seen as a mixture of both libertarian and conservative thinking; a movement which does not corner itself in either the left or right categories.
However, there are many controversies over the implementation of minimum wage claimed by the economist, especially on the effect of unemployment. The majority of the British favours the increase in minimum wage as it would help the poor and lead to the well-being of the society as a whole. However, what is minimum wages? What are the advantages and disadvantages of introducing it? Minimum wage is defined as the minimum amount employer need to pay and this amount is set by the government through legislation.
Workshop Three (Individual Assignment) Case Analysis Averett University International Business Course, BSA 545 February 20, 2013 Question #1: There are several factors that need to be examined in the argument that developing countries ought to be able to maintain their subsidies, the ones to which Hochberg objects, because these countries need advantages to break into and become established in world markets. Will subsidizing exports help the domestic economy in the future? Will the change in operations lead to job exports from the United States and harm the developing countries economy for not leveling the playing field? Will new operations contradict U.S. policies by facilitating the export of products used for repression and providing corporate subsidies? Changes in operations will help increase job exports.
Their union deplores industrial action by the profession, but nevertheless it has meant strikes in the UK to force a reluctant government into financing better incomes in the National Health Service, and in the view of many these incomes remain inadequate. The reason is that in a capitalist society incomes depend on the market economy i.e. supply and demand. If you supply a need and are in a minority you can command a high income. In a socialist state, the government evaluates the contributions of all workers and fixes wages accordingly.
One form of progressivism “focused on ways to use business practices to make government more efficient” (2006, p.328). These efficiency progressives believed that if a government worked properly, then problems in society would be solved. They also wanted a commission plan where a city’s government would be divided into departments under the control of a skillful commissioner. Another form of progressivism focused on the federal government’s regulation of big business. Progressives believed that wealth was too present in certain people’s hands; however, they disagreed over how to regulate big business.
It discouraged governments from spending public money on welfare services. The liberal reforms brought about much needed change within the welfare state. Such as in the late 19th century the workhouse conditions were made more humane. This was the beginning of the various areas of social welfare provision such as public health, housing and education. The inter war years had an impact on the liberal reforms as the government promised to provide for the British people as this was used as a motive during the war.