This is such important research on why unemployed South Africans leave or turn down work. We need to think beyond debates about mininum wage to think more expansively about what work with dignity can mean.
theconversation.com/6-in-10-youn...
Here is a puzzle. People in sub-Saharan Africa tend to be *twice* as religious as the rest of the world, yet countries in the region provide *half* as much state support for religion.
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
Thought-provoking - moral language makes pro-immigration messages more effective.
Some of these are really small tweaks: a "fairer and more decent" rather than "better and sounder" immigration policy.
(And some are larger, like focusing on a country's values rather than economic benefits).