Central banks have a problem: growth in much of the world is accelerating, but inflation has failed to take off. Of course, for most people, growth without inflation is the ideal combination. But … Read More
Columns & Interviews
Democracy Without Glue
The aftershocks of the Great Recession are still being felt. The trail of suffering in the shape of unemployment and destruction of wealth has transformed the map-making of the western world, ending … Read More
Poland After Trump
Donald Trump came, he saw, he conned. The US president’s trip to Poland, a stop on his way to the G20 summit in Hamburg, was arranged at the last minute: Trump’s administration, fearing the reception … Read More
Orban, Orwell and Soros
In George Orwell’s bleakly prophetic novel, 1984, Oceania’s totalitarian regime strives to mobilise popular support by holding up the figure of Emmanuel Goldstein as a mortal threat to the state and … Read More
The Discourse We Need And The Role of Trade Unions
https://youtu.be/LZONRcleC1s (and the text follows below) Your movement with over 700,000 members in over 40 affiliated unions, is Ireland’s largest civic society body. Your contribution to the … Read More
How Is The European Migration Crisis Affecting Polish Politics?
The migration crisis has rumbled on for the last two years since it developed as a major issue in Polish politics dividing the main parties in the run up to the most recent October 2015 parliamentary … Read More
Brexit To Nowhere?
Politics brings out strong emotions in everyone. Even the British, despite their reputation for pursuing their interests in a cool and calm fashion, apparently are not immune. Perhaps that reputation … Read More
Anchoring Labour Rights More Effectively In EU Trade Agreements
Free trade agreements (FTAs) are growing in number and the inclusion in them of labour provisions seeking to improve working conditions are also increasing. A recent study by the ILO found that over … Read More
Blogs
Employment Shifts In Europe During The Recovery: Three Little Noticed Trends
The EU has finally recovered all the net employment losses sustained since the global financial crisis. It has been a long and painful process. But there is at last growing evidence of positive … Read More
How Do European Welfare States Perform?
The European Union is characterized by different national social polices (although they are less clearly demarcated than in the past). The Nordic countries present high levels of social expenditure … Read More
The Art Of The (Trump And Putin) Deal
Say you’re Vladimir Putin, and you did a deal with Trump last year. Whether there was such a deal is being investigated. But if you are Putin and you did do a deal, what might Trump have agreed to do … Read More
Why German Wages Need To Rise
An interesting disagreement occurred this week between Martin Sandbu and the Economist, which prompted a subsequent letter from Philippe Legrain (see also Martin again here). The key issue is whether … Read More
Is Social Democracy Facing Extinction In Europe?
The last French presidential election and the recent legislative elections confirmed a seemingly unstoppable declining trend in the electoral support of social democratic parties. For the second time … Read More
German Minimum Wage – Not Just The Money
The statutory minimum wage has significantly improved job quality and work satisfaction of low-paid employees in Germany. Hourly as well as gross wages increased after its introduction despite a drop … Read More
Talks & Events
Adults In The Room: Taking On Europe’s Deep State
What happened in Greece during the crisis? And what happens when you take on the establishment? In this extensive interview with EFN, former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis, talks about … Read More
Democracy At Work: A Cure For Capitalism
Professor Richard Wolff discusses the economic dimensions of our lives, our jobs, our incomes, our debts, those of our children, and those looming down the road in his unique mixture of deep insight … Read More
No Is Not Enough
Donald Trump's takeover of the White House is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises, Klein asserts. She argues that Trump's vision—a radical deregulation of the U.S. economy in the … Read More
Inequality In Europe: What Can Be Done? (Social Europe Talk V)
In the fifth episode of Social Europe Talk from the European Parliament in Brussels the panelists discuss inequality in Europe and what can be done about it. Social Europe editor-in-chief Henning … Read More
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