Social Europe articles on the economy

A ruling by a court in Bologna has undermined platforms’ claims to impartial algorithms and autonomous contractors.

The Supreme Court has modified its jurisprudence on subcontracting, limiting the scope for abuse of temporary contracts.

The year-end conclusion of the EU-China investment deal was followed by a wave of arrests of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong—not a good look.

Short-time working has saved many livelihoods during the pandemic. But the EU needs to go on to the front foot with a job guarantee programme.

National and EU-level action are needed to make seasonal labour migration in the single market a ‘win-win’ for the member states involved.

Say it quietly, but Germany has learnt the lessons of Keynes. Would that others had done so too.

National governments had been choosing not to exercise enormous powers so those globalisation had enriched could exercise their own.

Teleworking has surged during the pandemic. New forms of autonomy have been glimpsed, as well as new forms of control.

The Dobersberger case proved that some workers could be more equal than others.

At least as important is the reform of the procedure for preventing and correcting macroeconomic imbalances.

Without major reform of the EU fiscal framework, Peter Bofinger argues, public investment will be insufficient in the wake of the pandemic.

The pandemic has highlighted how public health and workers’ safety are closely intertwined.