Is it ok to pay women to have more children?
How nationalists are waging wars with babies.
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Is it ok to pay women to have more children?" was published on February 12, 2019 and runs 18 minutes.
February 12, 2019 ·18m · Beyond Today
Summary
Hungarian women with four or more children won’t have to pay income tax for the rest of their working lives, according to a plan announced by the country’s prime minister Viktor Orban. He says it’s to reverse Hungary’s falling population rate, critics argue it’s a way of controlling immigration. We speak to the BBC’s Nick Thorpe, who lives and works in Budapest with his 5 children. And we also hear from author Thomas Chatterton Williams who is writing a book on racial identity, about what links this Hungarian policy to the global far right.Producers: Philly Beaumont & Georgia Coan Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
Episode Description
Hungarian women with four or more children won’t have to pay income tax for the rest of their working lives, according to a plan announced by the country’s prime minister Viktor Orban. He says it’s to reverse Hungary’s falling population rate, critics argue it’s a way of controlling immigration. We speak to the BBC’s Nick Thorpe, who lives and works in Budapest with his 5 children. And we also hear from author Thomas Chatterton Williams who is writing a book on racial identity, about what links this Hungarian policy to the global far right.
Producers: Philly Beaumont & Georgia Coan Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
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