Category: Economy - Page 13

Why AI might not take your job, just yet

Recent developments in artificial intelligence have rekindled fears of technological unemployment—fuelled by technological determinism.

The European Commission’s proposed reform of the electricity market would be a sticking plaster for a failing system.

With further bank failures, tough regulation is urgent, so society is no longer held hostage by finance.

The European Commission has just initiated consultation on more effective European Works Councils legislation.

The bank was mismanaged but its collapse, Peter Bofinger writes, reveals a system of regulation with as many holes as a Swiss cheese.

Occupational stress has become endemic. It damages workers, their families, businesses and economies.

Many around the world have been left to deal with the effects of the US Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes on their own.

The draft EU directive on corporate sustainability remains gender-blind.

To tackle 21st-century challenges and ensure a sustainable future, we need a policy framework that recognises the value of human connection.

With the US turning interventionist, the EU will look foolish still backing ‘free markets’. Time for an enterprise policy.

If Ajay Banga is confirmed as World Bank president he will have to meet the demands of a global south eager for change.

Gender segregation in sectors, occupations and roles still sees women persistently losing out.

Mass layoffs have hit large technology companies. Previously well-paid workers suddenly became the target of brutal firings.

Glancing across the Atlantic, austerity and deregulation will make Europe neither competitive nor green.

EU institutions have taken a position weakening international standards and risking bank stability.

Whether the presumption of employment would mean an end to self-employment for platform workers is a false debate.