Thomas Piketty tells Robin Wilson how wealth and power can be transferred from capital to workers and citizens.
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New forms of employment in Europe—how new is new?
Standard employment is not simply being replaced by non-standard work. But work is becoming more diverse and policy must accordingly become more tailored.
The first global event in the history of humankind
While some talk of ‘deglobalisation’, Branko Milanovic argues that the pandemic will push forward the globalisation of labour.
The Biden victory and the future of the centre-left
Postwar global progress has hinged on a transatlantic alliance of progressive parties. The election in the United States potentially opens a new chapter.
Designing vaccines for people, not profits
For all the hope spurred by the efficacy announcements of multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates, national and private interests are trumping health justice.
Light in the tunnel or oncoming train?
Adam Tooze argues that the frail eurozone recovery hinges entirely on its guarantee by the European Central Bank.
Politics
Border pushbacks: it’s time for impunity to end
Research on pushbacks of asylum-seekers reveals a massive number of such human-rights violations—yet it could be just the tip of the iceberg.
European values: making reputational damage stick
The threat to veto EU financing arrangements if tied to the rule of law is gone—but the elephant is still in the room.
Closing the representation gap
Sheri Berman argues that the embourgeoisement of centre-left parties has fostered a crisis of representation, at the heart of democratic dissatisfaction.
Corporate taxation—momentum is building
The international system for business taxation is starting to crumble. Now is the time for civil society to apply pressure.
A green recovery needs new politics
Europe is moving on to green and social-democratic terrain. But German Christian democracy and French centrism are taking it there.
Economy
Capital and ideology: interview with Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty tells Robin Wilson how wealth and power can be transferred from capital to workers and citizens.
Gig workers’ rights and their strategic litigation
A window of opportunity has opened up to utilise EU law on health and safety to advance the rights of ‘gig’ workers in domestic courts.
Telework during the Covid-19 crisis: new reality, old questions
Teleworking has surged during the pandemic. New forms of autonomy have been glimpsed, as well as new forms of control.
Social Europe on the wrong track?
The Dobersberger case proved that some workers could be more equal than others.
Eurozone reform—it’s not just the fiscal rules
At least as important is the reform of the procedure for preventing and correcting macroeconomic imbalances.
Society
Designing vaccines for people, not profits
For all the hope spurred by the efficacy announcements of multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates, national and private interests are trumping health justice.
Not part of Europe anyway?
The language of the Brexit stand-off is of a ‘level playing-field’ versus ‘sovereignty’. But beneath that, it’s about divergent social models.
Care, capitalism and politics
The coronavirus crisis has highlighted how the welfare state of the future must be built on an ethic of care rather than self-interest.
Greater equality: our guide through Covid-19 to sustainable wellbeing
The pandemic has reinforced the case for egalitarianism to define the ethos of the welfare state.
Ecology
Legal hurdles facing a green and just transition
The irony of genuinely ‘free trade’ is only regulation enables it. Europe cannot lead the ecological transition without recognising this.
How public development banks can help nature
Public development banks will be critical to global efforts to ‘build back better’. They should complement their climate investments with nature-based goals.
Trade unions and climate change: the jobs-versus-environment dilemma
Unions can be torn between mitigating climate change tomorrow and saving jobs today. A significant Just Transition Fund could ease that dilemma.
Supporting the transition to post-pandemic sustainability
Executive remuneration packages not only drive a race to the top but do not account for companies’ environmental ‘externalities’. This needs to change.
