Category: Economy - Page 13

The discreet (but dubious) charm of tax treaties

Jayati Ghosh writes that, as with much else, bilateral tax treaties binding rich and poor countries are not equal partnerships.

Labour shortages following the pandemic have increased most and are most severe in jobs with lower wages and poorer conditions.

The UN has warned that ‘humanity’s very survival’ is threatened. Radical reform of international finance is required.

Workers are under tremendous pressure amid the cost-of-living crisis. But trade unions are showing resilience to inspire.

Having battled one crisis after another, a fresh round of austerity could be the last straw for workers.

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.