"[The corporate-welfare system] has declined in the years since the administration of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ended a ban on the use of non-regular workers in manufacturing. But much of the shift to low-paid, insecure jobs has happened without major changes in policy. In particular, stringent government protections of regular workers have been kept in place."
Am I reading this wrong? So the author acknowledges that there is a shift from regular to irregular jobs - and then wonders how that could lead to poverty as, after all, the regular jobs are still protected...
This looks to me like seeing a conundrum where none actually is.
Am I reading this wrong? So the author acknowledges that there is a shift from regular to irregular jobs - and then wonders how that could lead to poverty as, after all, the regular jobs are still protected...
This looks to me like seeing a conundrum where none actually is.