Labor In The Age Of Robots
Fears about the impact of technology on the labor market are nothing new. In the early nineteenth century, a group of English textile workers known
Politics
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Why The Euro Crisis Is A Crisis Of Sovereignty
In the last two weeks, the two crises confronting Europe – in Ukraine and Greece – both escalated. In each case, Germany and its chancellor,
How Globalisation And Technology Drive Insecurity
People are insecure. Young people worry about getting a decent job, finding a secure home and having to pay off the vast debts run up
Why We’re All Becoming Independent Contractors
GM is worth around $60 billion, and has over 200,000 employees. Its front-line workers earn from $19 to $28.50 an hour, with benefits. Uber is estimated to be worth some $40
Why We Need A Welfare Union In Europe
Are Europe’s welfare states fit to meet the demands brought on by the financial crisis? In an interview with EUROPP’s Managing Editor Stuart Brown, Tito Boeri discusses
The Varoufakis vs Schäuble Endgame
As many analysts and observers previously predicted (myself included on Social Europe), the eurozone crisis not only is not over, as some European leaders had boasted,
Show Solidarity And Stop Bashing Greece!
It was a paragraph hidden away in a Der Spiegel story about European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker. During the European election campaign, one read, “the
How The Greek Middle Class Was Radicalised
A number of commentators have written on the extent to which Syriza managed to attract the backing of a wide section of Greek society in
Reforming Greek Reform
Greece’s new government, led by the anti-austerity Syriza party, presents the eurozone with a challenge that it has not yet had to face: dealing with
My Experience With The Troika In Ireland
The day the Troika came to town was a dark day for the Irish. Troika is a Russian word meaning a sled drawn by three
Growth, Not Grexit
The message from the Greek election must not be misunderstood. The fact that more than 36% of the country’s voters cast their ballots for Syriza, a
Greece And The Euro
Few expressions are more abused among commentators than the description of a pending meeting of European Union heads of government as “a make or break
Why The Greek Government Should Aim To Redefine ‘Structural Reform’
Five years after the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis broke out in Greece, the prospect of a SYRIZA victory generated high hopes within and beyond. Its
Has Barack Obama Prevented Grexit?
Will Greece default and leave the euro? On this compound-question market opinion has swung back and forth, particularly since last Wednesday’s announcement by the ECB
Wolfgang Schäuble Should Put Himself In Greece’s Shoes
In his Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant names three maxims for republican thinking to follow collectively: a) thinking for oneself; b) thinking in the manner
Basic Income Pilots: A Better Option Than QE
With much fanfare, Mario Draghi announced on January 22 that the European Central Bank (ECB) would be pumping €60bn a month into the financial markets
Why Europe Must Be Classed As A Declining Power
How has the European Union’s influence on the global stage changed since the turn of the century? Douglas Webber presents findings from a study of Europe’s power