welfare state

1 September 2017

Dismantling the nanny state, gingerly

Most of the parties in the Danish Parliament have reached an agreement (DK) to reform the rules on the amount of time that people on unemployment […]
28 July 2017

Curling and cajoling

At the recent Roskilde music festival, when the mob of waiting attendees was let onto the grounds, many apparently had to fight hard to get a […]
14 July 2017

Citizenship and cake-slinging

As in the rest of Europe, immigration and integration are the most important and contentious issues in Denmark. They flared up during the refugee and migrant […]
7 July 2017

Happiness watch resumed: It’s the little things

This blog began in early 2016 when Bernie Sanders argued in the Democratic Party’s primary campaign that the US should emulate the social policies of Denmark […]