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The paradox of the European labor market

  Experts  note a renewed shortage of workers, yet simultaneously, there are unemployed individuals available in the labor market. This disconnect between the demand for workers and the available labor supply has persisted for decades, as have stories regarding unpaid labor—both foreign and domestic. Labor market data—including official figures—tell a clear story. Recent data indicate an unemployment rate of 6% across the European Union (EU). Within the Eurozone, the rate is even higher, ranging between 6.2% and 6.4%. Spain reportedly has an unemployment rate exceeding 10%, followed by Finland, Sweden, and Greece, all with rates below 10%. In fact, there is no EU country entirely free of unemployment; the lowest rates (below 4%) are recorded in the Czech Republic, Malta, Slovenia, Poland, Bulgaria, and Germany. The European labor market—which facilitates labor mobility, including through the EURES network—is certainly facing challenges. Typically, the problem of so-called "sho...
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Paradoks evropskega trga dela

  Spet primanjkuje delavcev, pravijo strokovnjaki na trgu delovne sile,  in na drugi strani so na tako imenovani borzi dela brezposelne osebe. Ta disfunkcija potrebe po delavcih in obenem na drugi strani  ponudba delovne sile se vleče že desetletja. Prav tako tudi zgodbe o neplačani delovni sili, tuji in domači. Podatki na trgu dela, tudi uradni,  pa povedo svoje. Po zadnjih podatkih naj bi bilo v Evropski uniji (EU), kar 6 % brezposelnih. Na področju uporabe evra pa je ta stopnja še višja in sicer med 6,2 % in 6,4 %. Več kot 10 % brezposelnost naj bi imela Španija, sledijo pa ji z manj kot 10 %  Finska, Švedska in Grčija. Pravzaprav na področju EU ni države, ki ne bi imela brezposelnosti. Najnižjo brezposelnost (pod 4 %)  beležijo namreč  v Češki, Malti, Sloveniji, Poljski, Bolgariji in Nemčiji. Evropski trg dela, ki omogoča tudi delovne migracije, tudi se svojim Euress-om, ima vsekakor težave. Ponavadi namreč razrešujemo problem tako imenovanih defic...
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The child as a market commodity

  In our society, single people without children are increasingly viewed less favorably, even though creating an "ideal-typical" family (partners plus a child) is supposed to be a matter of personal freedom and right, not a duty. In many societies (including the USA), unemployed single people lack social protection, or may even remain unemployed precisely because they are single and/or childless. Yet, nowhere is it officially stated that marriage and parenthood are required criteria for employment. An offspring—or child—is essentially a genetic blend of their biological parents and a form of continuation of their lives; this, in turn, is fundamentally a continuation of their genetic material, thereby ensuring the persistence of that material. Of course, such a conceptualization sounds very dry, if not downright brutal. Since parents care for a child during their formative years, children or offspring are expected to care for their parents in times of incapacity and/or old age...
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