An anti-Muslim demonstration in central Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2016. Are social democratic policies — like universal health care, free college, and perhaps a universal basic income — compatible with large-scale immigration?
A handful of left-wing leaders are concluding you have to pick one. Jacinda Ardern, the internationally beloved 39-year-old prime minister of New Zealand, has substantially expanded her country’s welfare state , increasing paid parental leave from about four months to six months, and introducing a child allowance of about $2,000 for babies in the first year of their life. When Social Democrat Mette Frederiksen became prime minister of Denmark […]
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