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  • The Energiepreispauschale: A collectivised welfare policy in times of war

    Where governmental decisions get made: The cabinet room at the German Chancellery. Photo by Sarah Kiegeland. The Energiepreispauschale as a financial relief in the German economic and social system “My financial situation has been…precarious. At the time [of the crisis], I wasn’t living extravagantly at all. But still, I was calculating how much money I…

  • The Dutch Household Mortgage System: Unveiling Its Connection to Neoliberalism

    DIX Why should I opt for buying a house? “I want to buy my own house.” After renting for over 5 years in the Netherlands, Ashely (pseudonym) made her decision to purchase a self-owned property. She arrived in the Netherlands in 2017 to pursue her education at Wageningen University & Research, followed by works in…

  • The Single Use Plastic Tax

    On the 1st of July 2023, the Dutch government implemented the Single Use Plastic (SUP)-Tax (Rijksoverheid, 2023). In this article, we analyse this policy by looking at broader processes of neoliberalism and responsibilization. Neoliberalism, in this instance, refers to the way in which the Dutch government utilizes a market-based solution to the environmental challenge of…