Fighting for Social Europe When Europe Is at War
Europe faces its first major conflict since integration began, posing profound questions about unity, security, and the future of its social dimension.
Philippe van Parijs
Can Universal Basic Income really improve mental health?
Recent UBI trials reveal that guaranteed income provides immediate mental health relief, but sustaining long-term benefits may depend on lasting economic security.
Basic income: Finland’s final verdict
The coronavirus crisis has renewed interest in the notion of a universal basic income. The full report of a two-year Finnish experiment has just appeared.
A fair Brexit
For the free-market Tory right, Brexit is a means towards a beggar-my-neighbour buccaneering adventure—not ‘future relations’ to which the EU27 can agree.
Building A Europe For The People
‘For the people, not just for the elites!’: this is the rallying cry of all brands of populism. The triumph of populism is a calamity,
Thatcher’s Plot — And How To Defeat It
Where can we find the most lucid compact description of the predicament of today’s European Union? In a powerful plea for its creation written nearly
Could Any Good Come Out Of The Brexit Vote?
Will Brexit turn out to be, all things considered, a good thing? I very much doubt it. Essentially because what it amounts to is that
The Worldwide March To Basic Income: Thank You Switzerland!
June 5, 2016 will be remembered as an important landmark in the worldwide march towards the implementation of unconditional basic income (UBI) schemes. All Swiss
Basic Income And Social Democracy
The basic income approach is absolutely essential, but it is not part of the social democratic tradition. Think about it. The post-war consensus was all