Research Fellow @CUSP_uk @UniOfSurrey | Social care privatisation & financialisation | The care economy | Postgrowth economics
Mar 22, 2022 • 20 tweets • 10 min read
Are markets the right way to deliver #SocialCare? Very excited to share our new piece in @LancetLongevity exploring how market logic has failed service users in the UK, US, Aus & Sweden over the past 30 yrs & what’s next. A long 🧵
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Neoliberal market logic has worked its way into the welfare policies of many countries, under pretence of improving efficiency & service quality.
It's core principles are:🥇Competition,👥Consumer Choice, & 💰 Profit Motive. But they don't quite work as expected in social care /2
