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Controlling the effects of AI on work and inequality

Controlling the effects of AI on work and inequality

by Christian Kellermann and Mareike Winkler on 12th December 2019

Christian Kellermann and Mareike Winkler open a Social Europe series on artificial intelligence, arguing that regulation will be needed to ensure prosperity for all.

The neoliberal far right in Poland

The neoliberal far right in Poland

by Gavin Rae on 11th December 2019

Confederation, the new force on the far right in Poland which broke through in the parliamentary elections, is the party of (male) privilege, not precarity.

European split over migration compact sustains inertia

European split over migration compact sustains inertia

by Lena Kainz and Camille Le Coz on 11th December 2019

Europe’s internal fault lines over migration bedevil its capacity to act coherently on the issue on the international stage.

Bread, roses and broadband too?

Bread, roses and broadband too?

by Miranda Hall on 10th December 2019

Publicly-owned fibre networks don’t just mean free WiFi. From energy grids to smart transport, they will be the backbone of a new, green socialist economy.

Can sustainable finance really help solve the climate crisis?

Can sustainable finance really help solve the climate crisis?

by Basil Oberholzer on 10th December 2019

It is wrong to believe the financial sector will contribute to ecological transformation. Economic and environmental policies remain key.

Interregnum or transformation?

Interregnum or transformation?

by Sheri Berman on 9th December 2019

Sheri Berman warns that, however self-evident the crisis of this neoliberal phase of capitalism may appear, it will not automatically collapse.

Economic growth versus social security—redeeming the EU’s original sin

Economic growth versus social security—redeeming the EU’s original sin

by Roberta Ferrara and Valerio Alfonso Bruno on 5th December 2019

The European Union has been on a path-dependent trajectory since its foundation towards market-clearing. Its mission needs to be redefined as social-embedding.

Access to social protection, for some

Access to social protection, for some

by Ane Fernandez de Aranguiz and Bartłomiej Bednarowicz on 5th December 2019

The Council of the EU has agreed a recommendation on access to social protection. Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

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Why should just transition be an integral part of the European Green Deal?

Why should just transition be an integral part of the European Green Deal?

by Béla Galgóczi on 4th December 2019

In our series on ‘just transition’, Béla Galgóczi focuses on what it means for the key sectors of coal and cars.

Where are all the good jobs?

Where are all the good jobs?

by John Hurley and Enrique Fernández-Macías on 27th November 2019

Agglomeration effects in capital-city regions concentrating good jobs may be feeding political discontent beyond them.

Work-life balance: from legal texts to real progress for working people

Work-life balance: from legal texts to real progress for working people

by Juliane Bir on 20th November 2019

Taking the EU directive on work-life balance off the page will require determined trade-union efforts, including in challenging prejudices.

It is time to talk about transport poverty!

It is time to talk about transport poverty!

by Pierre Jean Coulon, Lou Lamure-Guigard and Kristian Krieger on 19th November 2019

Transport poverty in France fuelled the grievances mobilised by the gilets jaunes. EU policy-makers need to address this social dimension to the green transformation.

Time to ensure climate policy serves the public, not lobbyists

Time to ensure climate policy serves the public, not lobbyists

by Colin Roche on 14th November 2019

The fossil-fuel industry has been revealed to have invested vast resources in lobbying EU institutions.

Unpacking supreme courts to restore checks and balances

Unpacking supreme courts to restore checks and balances

by George Tyler on 7th November 2019

Democracy is threatened by politicisation of constitutional courts. Unorthodox tactics are required to restore their role.

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Challenges and prospects in the EU: Quality of life and public services

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Migrant workers in Fortress Europe

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