Plagued by Trumpism
For 40 years, US Republicans have been insisting that ‘government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem’. The bankruptcy of this has been laid bare.
Politics
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Whose is the European Green Deal?
The challenges of social and environmental injustice are as intense as ever. But which social forces can act as the agents of change?
Advancing gender equality requires a new fiscal pact
Women’s strikes today draw attention to the need for global tax reform, so that investment in services can ease the burden of women’s domestic labour.
A great equaliser
Branko Milanovic writes that the coronavirus is reminding some of the world’s privileged what it is like to experience its daily stigmas.
Making globalisation fair
Enterprises must address—and government more actively demand of them—their observance of human rights.
‘A worker is a worker’: the trade unions organising migrants across Europe
Migrant workers are by nature more diverse than the indigenous workers among whom they find themselves. Organising strategies need to be diverse too.
The party of discontent
The US Republican Party has made an accommodation to Donald Trump its leaders may come to regret.
Strong children, strong democracy
Educational research models children as autonomous actors. Education policy, notably in Germany, still however aims to guide innate capacities into adulthood.
It’s now or never for national data strategies
As a critical resource that is unlike anything that came before it, big data demands a robust policy response.
Including racism in the discussion of wellbeing at work
The sociologist David Williams has said racism makes us sick and this is also true at work. How can we create workplaces which promote wellbeing for all?
With the UK’s European door closed, it’s open season for xenophobia
Paul Mason explains how, even after the UK has technically left the EU, ‘Brexit’ has escalated into a culture war over immigration.
Why EU action on minimum wages is so controversial—yet so necessary
The opening of debate on minimum wages across the EU has precipitated a Nordic union reaction against incursions on collective bargaining.
New firms for a new era
Societies should not allow firms' owners and their agents to drive the discussion about reforming corporate governance.
Uber, employment and the gig economy
Whatever the company might wish to call it, Uber’s relationship with its workers is one of employment.
What’s at stake in the Democratic primaries
Sheri Berman sets out the reasoning of the contending camps behind the US Democratic presidential contenders—and their European resonances.
What will it take for women to be equal at work in the UK?
Employers and policy-makers can drive real progress in improving women’s working lives.
Just transition: the pensions analogy
A ‘just transition’ must replace fear of, and resistance to, brown job losses with consensus behind social investment. Pension reform provides parallels and pointers.