Let’s face it: national sovereignty has become irrelevant in today’s increasingly complex and interdependent international economy. The deepening of economic globalisation has rendered individual … Read More
Columns & Interviews
The Case Against Free-Market Capitalism
Free-market capitalism is on trial. In the United Kingdom, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn accuses neoliberalism of increasing homelessness, throwing children into poverty, and causing wages to fall … Read More
A Real Alternative To Neoliberalism
When laissez-faire economics led to catastrophe in 1929, Keynes devised a comprehensive economic theory to replace it. When Keynesian demand management hit the buffers in the 70s, there was an … Read More
No More Crises As Opportunities: An Answer To Yanis Varoufakis
The concept of crises engendering opportunities for the “rebirth” of Europe should have died with the Greek experience in the most dramatic phase of which Yanis Varoufakis took an active part. Having … Read More
Social Democracy Key to Deepening Europe’s Democracy
Good afternoon, Eunice, and thank you very much for taking the time to talk to me today about the Portuguese Socialist Party. What would you say is the historic position of social democracy and the … Read More
The True – and False – Costs Of Inequality
The first research papers showing that health was worse and violence more common in societies with large income differences were published in the 1970s. Since then a large body of evidence has … Read More
Schäuble’s Poisoned Parting Gift To The Eurozone
Those who wish to leave – so a German saying – you should not seek to dissuade from so doing. To few people is the phrase more applicable than to Wolfgang Schäuble who is resigning the post of German … Read More
Taking The Spanish Government Before The Law
I just filed a complaint with the European Commission, stating that the Spanish authorities, in their treatment of the Catalan referendum of 1 October, have violated the basic rights and freedoms … Read More
Blogs
More Attention Must Be Given To Europe’s Working Poor
In-work poverty increased during the economic and financial crisis that hit European shores in 2008. By 2014, ten per cent of European workers were at risk of poverty, up from eight per cent in 2007. … Read More
Dystopia In America And Britain
Watching the Emmys, where the major awards went to the TV version of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale”, I was struck by contrasts between the reactions in the United States and … Read More
Did EU Membership Accelerate UK Economic Growth?
The Brexit debate has been distorted by several myths. One of the most persistently and widely quoted, including during the 2016 referendum campaign and subsequently as in here, is that the UK’s … Read More
How The OECD Wants To Make Globalisation Work For All
Worried by the populist backlash against globalisation, a big crowd of ministers, politicians and economists participated last June in the annual OECD week in Paris to discuss how to make … Read More
Brexit Thoughts From The Lake District
Walking across the Lake District, we were many miles from the South-East England “bubble”. But the realities of possible Brexit were as stark here as anywhere, although few news items seem to have … Read More
What Do Democrats Stand For?
The Democratic Party can lead the country in a new direction, but will it? Millions of Americans who are politically engaged for the first time in their lives are crying out for a bold alternative … Read More
Talks & Events
Elites Vs ‘The People’: Rise Of Populism And The Crisis Of Democratic Capitalism
Martin Wolf talks about the state of democratic capitalism today and its impact on the future. … Read More
The Collapse Of Venezuela, Explained
The collapse of Venezuela and President Maduro's rise to dictatorship. Venezuela was once the richest country in Latin America. It has the largest known oil reserves in the world. And its democratic … Read More
Preparing Our Economy for the Impact of Automation & AI
Professor Reich talks at Google about the impact of automation & artificial intelligence on our economy. He also provides a recommendation on how we can ensure future technologies benefit the … Read More
Other People’s Money: Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People?
We all depend on the finance sector. We need it to store our money, manage our payments, finance housing stock, restore infrastructure, fund retirement and support new business. But these roles … Read More
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