ECB: now is the time for normalisation
Europe needs massive investment, Peter Bofinger writes. Yet the ECB’s restrictive monetary stance means it is set to fall this year.
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Europe needs massive investment, Peter Bofinger writes. Yet the ECB’s restrictive monetary stance means it is set to fall this year.
A presumption of employment and rights on algorithmic management are at the heart of the revived platform-work directive.
Collective bargaining can redress the vulnerability of workers who find themselves in a buyers’ labour market.
After the debacle of the platform-work directive, will the EU still regulate artificial intelligence in the workplace?
By sustaining high interest rates, purportedly to slay inflation, central banks are risking an unnecessary recession.
While Vladimir Putin’s role is all but undeniable, there is a silent accomplice whose part in this tragedy must not be ignored.
The impact of digitalisation on work is uneven—but more positive where workers are protected by institutional arrangements.
Big Tech firms flagrantly disregard the implicit social contract—the time has come to curb their market power.
Two Pakistani trade unionists explain in interview why the EU supply-chain directive must be unblocked.
Three years on, the lesson of the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund is that building economic resilience is a long-term endeavour.
The latest proposals from the European Commission could put European Works Councils on a firmer footing.
Technological innovation at work should be thought of in terms of supporting labour, not supplanting it.
Kyiv’s need for self-defence has pushed the country towards far-reaching expansion of the state’s economic role.
Those with seats at the table of the international financial institutions, Jayati Ghosh writes, cling to their power.
The new EU fiscal rules being finalised would still leave central- and eastern-European states such as Latvia in a bind.
As men in expensive suits discuss running the world at Davos this week, taxation can rein in their power.
The austerity package stemming from an adverse constitutional Court ruling, Peter Bofinger writes, defies logic.
The Schuldenbremse is often depicted as a bulwark against inflation. Actually, it can contribute to rising prices.
Workers must have a collective voice in the design of artificial-intelligence systems for the workplace.
A right to disconect, collective bargaining and public procurement are the levers to reduce excessive working hours.
Weak competition on labour markets means wages are often set below the market-clearing level.