Social Europe articles on the economy

Why has modern monetary theory come out of the academy? Because it helps model the current economic predicament and how to get out of it.

The failure to provide for risk-sharing in the eurozone architecture has sustained chronic mistrust, reflected in sovereign spreads.

A paper from the German economy minister on a national industrial policy has gone down like a lead balloon. Peter Bofinger argues it needs to be reflated—and coloured green—at a European level.

An outgoing green MEP reflects on a decade of working for tax justice in the European Parliament and the challenges for her successors.

What makes the 21st century city the harbinger of a postcapitalist world is that for the first time in modern history the network can transcend the market.

To manage the latest wave of automation, we must have ends that are more compelling than merely wanting more products and services.

For too long, multinational corporations—and digital firms in particular—have used existing rules to avoid paying taxes in countries where they do much of their business.