How digitalisation must be harnessed to save jobs
A framework agreement between the social partners should ensure job security and worker involvement are prioritised across the European Union.
Politics
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Spain’s fight for a just recovery
The ERTE job-protection scheme to combat the economic effects of the pandemic has left Spain well-prepared to face its aftermath.
The supermarket of citizenship and European democracy
European citizenship must be invested with more political significance—and never treated as a commodity for sale.
The politics of identity and inclusion
Karin Pettersson argues that struggles around race and gender are fundamentally about inclusion on an equal footing in the political community.
Black lives matter in Europe too
No one should be smug about racism in Europe. Here too there is a toxic interaction between ethnicity, equality and the environment.
An economic, as well as a monetary, union?
The mammoth European Council meeting agreed a diminished recovery package—yet one with still huge ramifications.
Poles apart—the presidential election in Poland
The presidential election in Poland was an intolerant affair—and the argument isn’t over yet.
It’s the political economy, stupid!
The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to shake up the social formation.
Minimum wage: a success story with scope for improvement
Peter Bofinger argues that regionally-differentiated minimum wages should be considered for the post-coronavirus period.
One virus, diverse impacts: the pandemic and women in central and eastern Europe
Against the backdrop of its specific histories, the impact of the pandemic on women particularly in the Balkans also demands specific attention.
The Green Deal may not be green enough
The European Green Deal is unlikely to be sufficient to reach the Paris agreement climate goals.
A ‘Hamiltonian moment’ for Europe
Invoking Alexander Hamilton in the context of the sensitisation achieved by Black Lives Matter could not be more inappropriate.
The woman Roosevelt relied on to put America back to work
Roosevelt is invoked more than ever amid talk of a ‘new deal’ for today’s crisis. Rather fewer, however, recall the woman at the heart of his programme.
How women can power the green transition
The shift to sustainable energy gives societies a chance to tackle systemic gender discrimination.
Bidding for political immortality
Branko Milanovic contends that historic decisions by authoritarian leaders today will leave a legacy nigh impossible to reverse in the future.
AI: those are citizens marching, not robots
Artificial intelligence, usually thought of as substituting human endeavour, should be conceived as a way of enhancing it for all.
For a law of ‘algorithmic justice at work’
Workers must be protected from adverse decisions where responsibility is displaced to apparently anonymous algorithms.