THE Social Security System (SSS) announced last Monday the state-run pension fund manager has disbursed a total of P39.1 billion in employee compensation to 2.7 million beneficiaries.  “These benefits ...

A Ponzi scheme "is a fraud intended to mislead investors," said Christina C. Benson, an Elon University associate professor ...

Germany has a poverty problem. Despite the country’s vast wealth, the German social security system is failing many people. How many? Let’s look at some numbers. The latest official statistics show 14 ...

How to curb ever-increasing medical expenses is an important task. That being said, carelessly reducing pharmaceutical costs to serve the interests of political parties would only cause turmoil in ...

Labour MPs are starting to go where few politicians fear to tread - discussing reform of the state pension triple lock ...

Social security failures coupled with structural gender inequality leave many people in Germany mired in poverty in ways that ...