Russia’s path toward a better political capitalism
Branko Milanovic explains the possible thinking behind Vladimir Putin’s recent clouded constitutional announcements.
Telling a different story: the media and ‘just transition’
Continuing our series on ‘just transition’, Natalie Bennett argues that the media have an ethical responsibility to foster public understanding.
Class struggle à la droite
Populism is boosted by economic crises, but its roots are cultural.
Beyond ‘green growth’
A serious discussion of ‘just transition’ must break with a social model based on individual utility maximisation—before it breaks the biosphere.
A just transition with climate and social ambition
The deputy prime minister of Spain responsible for the ecological transition describes the experience there of making ‘just transition’ a reality.
Just transition: replacing fear with hope
Just transition works and there are already many lessons learned. The most important is that workers must see a positive pathway ahead.
The fierce urgency of COP26
Adam Tooze stresses that the critical COP26 conference later this year hinges on European unity and radical leadership.
The Green Deal and a disordered world
The European Green Deal is a ray of hope but it faces two huge challenges: it must go global and the finances must be found.
Wind-power slump blows Germany off course on climate targets
Germany has forged a reputation with its Energiewende flip over to renewables. But as construction of wind turbines stagnates, can it hit its ambitious climate targets?
Building a progressive alliance in Britain
Labour must abandon faith in one more heave for Westminster victory and embrace a progressive alliance, including for electoral reform.
The European Green Deal: will the ends, will the means?
The European Green Deal needs sustained political commitment, especially on ‘just transition’, if it is to realise its ambition.
Leaving Europe
Paul Mason turns in his Social Europe column from postcapitalism to the theme of post-Brexit Britain.
Collective bargaining and social dialogue: part of the solution
There is no real alternative to social dialogue, collective agreements and the voice of workers—even the OECD agrees.
What to do about economic inequality?
Economic inequality has burgeoned as income from capital has risen faster than growth. Time to change the owners of capital.
Material concerns about posting of workers
Legal arguments over the EU posting of workers directive raise the issue of which is to prevail: workers’ rights or unregulated markets?
Another year of living dangerously
Twenty twenty will be another year of living dangerously if short-term policies continue to be pursued at the expense of long-term vision.
Germany’s Zeitenwende of 1989-90 and its contemporary European reverberations
Sepia images of the historical sweep via the fall of the Berlin wall to the reunification of Germany, and so of Europe, look much clearer than today’s turning point.