Category: Economy - Page 11

Germany’s true economic disease

Germany is indeed ‘sick’, Peter Bofinger writes—but not for the reason most commentators think.

Finance has become the driving force behind most decision-making. We seem to have unlearned politics.

Investing in the future and reforming the fiscal rules are essential, while decentralising and democratising economic governance.

For decades in the US, unions have atrophied while inequality has soared. The UAW strike may be a sign of changing times.

Stubborn attachment to monetary tightening as the cure for inflation will needlessly sacrifice economic activity and jobs.

When it comes to violence in the workplace, women and frontline workers are disproportionately the victims.

The European Union stands at a fork in the road when it comes to its treatment of external migrant workers.

Banks profit from the European Central Bank’s interest-rate policy at the expense of taxpayers.

To really end labour shortages, Ankita Anand writes, Europe must transform its contract with the global south.

Improving job quality is key to addressing labour shortages In the European Union.

China’s development model has often been positioned as an alternative to the long-dominant ‘Washington consensus’.

The age of unbridled free trade is rightfully over. Solidarity should be the new leitmotif of trade policy.

Work regimes are increasingly demanding. But ‘leaner’ does not mean ‘fitter’ for workers.

Ukraine’s post-war recovery will require concerted, long-term EU commitment, leveraging substantial private investment.

Wages have fallen behind inflation, while profit-taking has not only fuelled price rises but reduced the labour share.

The clunky debate over four versus five days should be replaced by a focus on flexibility and individal autonomy.