The Social Summit—and beyond
Concrete commitments must follow today’s Social Summit in Porto if the promise of a social Europe is to be realised.
Pay your taxes where your profit is
The long-simmering demand that multinationals provide country-by-country reporting of their tax payments is coming to a dénouement.
What price a life?
Kate Pickett widens the panorama from the all-consuming coverage in Britain of the death of Prince Philip to ask why human lives and labours are so differentially valued.
Why we need gender-responsive central banking
The pandemic has deepened gender disparities. Central banks must recognise they have a role to play in reversing these trends.
Public procurement: ending the race to the bottom on workers’ conditions
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, it’s worth remembering that when workers don’t have a say they may lose more than their voice.
Covid-19 in India—profits before people
Jayati Ghosh explains why more than a third of a million Covid-19 cases are being reported in India daily—and what that says about our world.
Erdoğan is feeling the heat
Growing economic pains and a more united opposition threaten the Turkish president's grip. His regime resorts to ever more repression.
Good news for gender equality as we exit the Covid-19 crisis?
The pandemic has had differential impacts on women. Raised consciousness about them must be applied to advance gender equality in recovery measures.
A long-overdue step on EU sustainability reporting
A draft directive on sustainability reporting begins to address the challenge of turning the corporate tanker towards a zero-emissions 2050.
‘Old’ rules and protections for the ‘new’ world of work
A 'rebuttable presumption of employment' is emerging as a response to platforms denying their workers employee status.
Does it make sense to question the morality of capitalism?
Keynes warned that ‘practical men’ were often in thrall to some dead economist. In fact many leading economists have agreed on the idea of guaranteed work.
Northern Ireland—the unhappy ending Europe’s story must avoid
Europe has always had its anti-enlightenment side. Northern Ireland graphically presents its extreme manifestation.
Can virtual addresses provide a gateway to rights for homeless people?
Europe’s lockdowns highlighted the right to housing—and its link to health and security. For many, however, it remains a distant privilege.
The ‘long Covid’ of work relations and the future of remote work
The pandemic made us all familiar with ‘social distancing’. Employers are starting to glimpse a future where ‘contractual distancing’ is normalised.
Nineteen Burmese protesters sentenced to death—Europe get off your sofa!
The military in Myanmar is fully aware of Europe’s response to the killing spree against democracy protesters. It is not impressed.
The European Union and global governance
The EU’s strategic ambition must not be just to carve out a niche for itself among the major powers but to reshape global governance.
Dealing with the right-wing populist challenge
Sheri Berman explores what the Swedish case reveals about strategies to adopt towards right-wing populist parties.