Neglected, sacrificed: older persons during the Covid-19 pandemic
Older persons have suffered a terrible toll from the coronavirus—now countries must invest in long-term care.
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by Isabel Ortiz on
Older persons have suffered a terrible toll from the coronavirus—now countries must invest in long-term care.

by Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen on
‘Industry 4.0’ may be neither so extensive nor advanced as those in whom it arouses hopes and fears.

by Frank Hoffer on
Proactive engagement to help overcome the stalemate and firm signalling that any autocratic crackdown will trigger strong and effective measures are needed.

The temptation to cut welfare expenditures to reduce deficits inflated by the pandemic must be resisted.

by Esther Lynch on
The welfare state sought to protect workers from labour-market risks. After Covid-19, reduced working time and greater autonomy must be on the agenda.

The pandemic has brought into focus the social contract between income and contribution which can underpin a solidaristic welfare state.

With lessons not learnt, yet with the ‘rebuilding’ of Europe very much under construction, it is time for a truly social Europe.

by Branko Milanovic on
Branko Milanovic argues that ‘stop the world, we want to get off’ is no basis for a revival of progressive politics.

The current understanding of intersectionality is a dead-end for progressive politics.

by Asbjørn Wahl on
With employers on a decades-long offensive against labour, the balance of power which once secured social dialogue has been transformed.

The principle of a European minimum wage is established. How it should be set is not.

by Karola Klatt on
After the summer holidays, schools across Europe have been fretting about if and when they will have to switch back to digital distance learning—but not in Estonia.
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