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Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher driven by the core values of freedom, sustainability, and equality. These principles guide our exploration of society’s most pressing challenges. This archive page curates Social Europe articles focused on economic issues, offering a rich resource for innovative thinking and informed debate.

The ECB’s Strategic Review: A Betrayal of Europe’s Workers

Ludovic Voet 18th July 2025

The European Central Bank’s latest strategic assessment ignores critical lessons, perpetuating a harmful economic myth and undermining labour’s vital role.

When Ideology Trumps Economic Interests

Dani Rodrik 14th July 2025

The fall of Biden’s green subsidies reveals ideology, not economics, as the true force in US politics.

Why European Security and Sovereignty Depend on Its Digital Sector

Mariana Mazzucato 30th June 2025

Mario Draghi’s vision for Europe demands more than investment—it calls for digital sovereignty, state capacity, and strategic power.

Europe’s Bid for Autonomy: The Euro’s Evolving Global Role

Guido Montani 26th June 2025

President Christine Lagarde’s recent proposal signals a pivotal shift, aiming to elevate the euro’s international standing and bolster European foreign policy independence.

How Trump’s Tariff Regime Fuels Global Oligarchy

Gabriel Zucman 20th June 2025

Trump’s radical tax vision could dismantle the IRS, reshape global inequality—and fuel a new economic war.

Mind the Gap: Can Europe Afford Its Green and Digital Future?

Viktor Skyrman 13th June 2025

Amid vast investment shortfalls, the European Union must rethink its funding strategy to achieve its ambitious goals.

Europe’s Euro Ambition: A Risky Bid for “Exorbitant Privilege”

Peter Bofinger 10th June 2025

Christine Lagarde seeks a greater international role for the euro, but Europe’s economic realities present a complex challenge.

Europe Must Adapt to Its Ageing Workforce

Franz Eiffe and Karel Fric 6th June 2025

As the continent’s birth rates decline and its population ages, policymakers face the urgent task of retaining experienced workers and adapting workplaces.

Europe’s Businesses Face a Quiet Takeover as US Investors Capitalise

Tej Gonza and Timothée Duverger 30th May 2025

American investors are increasingly acquiring European companies, prompting calls for new ownership models to protect economic sovereignty.

Closing the Chasm: Central and Eastern Europe’s Continued Minimum Wage Climb

Carlos Vacas-Soriano and Christine Aumayr-Pintar 21st May 2025

Minimum wages in Central and Eastern Europe continue to rise.

Trump Can’t Kill the Boom: Why the US Economy Will Roar Despite Him

Nouriel Roubini 16th May 2025

Markets, innovation, and AI are overpowering Trump’s chaos—and pushing America toward 4% growth, recession or not.

Why Europe Needs Its Own AI Infrastructure

Diane Coyle 12th May 2025

Trump’s return highlights why Europe must build its own AI ecosystem—secure, competitive, and true to its values.

Italy’s Minimum Wage Dilemma: Will EU Pressure Force a Policy Shift?

Guglielmo Meardi and Francesco Seghezzi 5th May 2025

Despite EU moves, Italy resists a national minimum wage amid trade union scepticism.

Trump’s America: The New Global Tax Haven?

Joseph Stiglitz 30th April 2025

Trump is turning America into a tax haven, dismantling safeguards and fueling inequality through global deregulation.

Robots Boost Workplace Safety, But Only in High-tech and Well-protected Economies

Marco De Simone, Dario Guarascio and Jelena Reljic 28th April 2025

New research reveals that automation benefits are not universal.

Germany Ditches Debt Brake—A Fiscal Revolution Begins

Peter Bofinger 21st March 2025

Germany scraps its debt brake, unleashing a 500-billion-euro investment plan that could transform infrastructure, defence, and economic growth.

America’s Oligarchs Are Trump’s Achilles’ Heel

Gabriel Zucman 5th March 2025

Trump’s “America First” policies upend global order, igniting calls to tax oligarchs and disrupt international trade.

Economics – An Apology

Thorvaldur Gylfason 3rd March 2025

Mainstream economics has shaped modern policymaking, but its failures and ideological divides reveal deeper systemic flaws.

Trump’s Trade War Tears North America Apart – Could Canada and Mexico Turn to Europe?

Malcolm Fairbrother 17th February 2025

As Donald Trump dismantles free trade, Canada and Mexico face an urgent choice: endure or pivot.

Why Good Business Leaders Tune Out the Trump Noise and Stay Focused

Stefan Stern 10th February 2025

Amid political chaos, smart executives keep their eyes on real growth—green tech, innovation, and long-term resilience.

Mainstream Economics: A Catalogue of Failures

James K Galbraith 6th February 2025

A critique of mainstream economics’ failures and its resistance to change.

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