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Understanding the inflation and social policy nexus
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Abstract
The cost-of-living crisis that began in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and the attempted Russian invasion of Ukraine has major implications for social policy. In advanced industrial countries, this is the most dramatic cost-of-living crisis since the mid-late 1970s and early 1980s. In this contribution, we explore the inflation and social policy nexus to identify the nature and sources of inflation, its redistributive and policy implications, and the specific nature of the current cost-of-living crisis compared to two other recent crises: the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on advanced industrial countries and drawing on the available scholarship about these topics, we offer the background necessary to understand the challenges facing welfare states in times of dramatically high inflation. As a way to provide broad context to the present themed section, our discussion stresses the economic, social, and political dynamics shaping social policy adaptation to inflationary pressures.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Social policy and society. - Cambridge, 2002, currens
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge univ press , 2024
ISSN
1474-7464 [print]
1475-3073 [online]
DOI
10.1017/S1474746423000349
Volume/pages
23 :1 (2024) , p. 149-162
ISI
001091356500001
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Last edited 28.05.2024
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