A European Union climate agenda for COP26
The EU should bring a new climate agenda to Glasgow—including a roadmap for emerging nations to embrace a future beyond fossil fuels.
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.
‘Fridays for Keynesianism’
Keynes recognised the key role of the financial system in modern capitalist economies and Peter Bofinger argues the 2008 crisis must bring the demise of neoclassical economics—which still doesn’t.
Freeports: Johnson should look elsewhere for growth enhancements
Freeports may epitomise the Brexiters’ ‘global Britain’ but the UK economy performs too poorly for these to be more than luxury entrepôts.
A just transition must help those struggling to heat their homes
In the latest contribution to our series on ‘just transition’, Monique Goyens argues that it must address the people finding it hard to pay their energy bills.
Limited liability is causing unlimited harm
The purpose of limited-liability protection was to encourage investment in corporations, yet it has evolved into a source of systemic market failure.
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.
Europe needs a strong macroeconomic policy core—but not a Six (or Two) Pack
In light of the eurozone and, now, climate crises, EU macroeconomic policy co-ordination needs a reboot.
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.
The politics of a just transition: avoiding fallacious arguments
John Weeks argues in our ‘just transition’ series that its success is linked to a political message of hope.
Access to social assistance and rights for homeless people
Homeless people tend to have individualised, complex needs. But their first requirement is simple—a home.
Isn’t a wealth tax common sense?
The wealth tax proposals advanced by Democratic US presidential primary contenders have drawn vehement criticism from many who should be supporting them.