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Tracking four alternative economic indicators would provide a very different view of comparative performance than GDP.
Analysis and debate on the European economy: growth and investment, fiscal and monetary policy, trade, industry and inequality.

Tracking four alternative economic indicators would provide a very different view of comparative performance than GDP.

Marie-Hélène Ska, Miranda Ulens and Olivier Valentin
Tens of thousands of Belgian workers today demand better wages and purchasing power.

Nicola Countouris and Valerio De Stefano
Remote work will outlast the pandemic. But workers must be inoculated against the risks.

This year’s gathering of business and political elites in Davos recognised a basic truth—without reckoning with past mistakes.

The Recovery and Resilience Facility could remain a one-off crisis measure—or point to a permanent EU fiscal arrangement.

Jayati Ghosh highlights the vicious circle between spiralling wealth and corporate political influence.

The Ukraine crisis has shown not only that unlimited trade is impossible but also that it needs to be regulated by values.

Peter Bofinger explains how inflation in the eurozone can be tempered without jeopardising recovery.

In the dusk of neoliberalism a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times.

Antonio Aloisi and Luisa Corazza
If remote working is no longer to be temporary, workers could revitalise previously ‘remote’ areas.

On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, as every day, some 7,500 workers will die from its absence.

Adrien Thomas, Nadja Dörflinger, Karel Yon and Michel Pletschette
Unions have struggled with health-and-safety responses to Covid-19.

The debate on AI has focused mainly on its potential effect on employment. The impact on equality should not however be missed.

War in Ukraine, the climate challenge and the concept of strategic autonomy are paving the way for a new type of single market.

Stronger legislation than the European Commission envisages is needed to regulate AI and protect workers.

The European Union should apply import tariffs, instead of imposing an embargo.