Europe’s coal problem
The eurozone muddled through its crisis at Germany’s behest. The climate emergency is much too serious for that.
Curbs on migration or freedom of movement—the Swiss experience
Arguments about immigration have polarised between restriction and liberalisation. But key are accompanying measures to ensure freedom of movement is associated with wage and social protection.
Redefining austerity: a lesson from Greece
What can an elected left-wing European government do when faced with imposed austerity? Redefining austerity can bring a turnaround.
Structural crisis and robotisation require more Europe, less austerity
The Great Recession, as with the Great Depression, is proving to be a structural crisis, which only a Euro-Keynesian programme of public investment can tackle.
Modern monetary theory: a simple macroeconomic model
Why has modern monetary theory come out of the academy? Because it helps model the current economic predicament and how to get out of it.
Populists, greens and the new map of European politics
In light of the gains by green parties and right-wing populists in the Euro-elections, Sheri Berman explores how the traditionally dominant parties respond to such challenges.
Welcome to GAFA land—where the winner takes it all
The Big Tech platforms have established monopolies which disempower their competitors as well as their workers. EU competition law can be used by unions seeking to bring them to heel.
How European telcos are monitoring our online activity
The security and privacy of personal data are being jeopardised as Deep Packet Inspection is deployed by internet service providers.
Sovereign spreads and the frailty of the eurozone
The failure to provide for risk-sharing in the eurozone architecture has sustained chronic mistrust, reflected in sovereign spreads.
The Euro-elections in microcosm: Macron versus Le Pen
Marine Le Pen didn’t surge forward in France, yet Emmanuel Macron lacked a winning alternative. It was the populists versus the progressives in the Euro-elections writ small.
Industrial policy: is there a paradigm shift in Germany and what does this imply for Europe?
A paper from the German economy minister on a national industrial policy has gone down like a lead balloon. Peter Bofinger argues it needs to be reflated—and coloured green—at a European level.
The free market is not the answer
Earlier this month, the leader of the youth section of the German SPD ruffled feathers with his call for an ‘attractive utopia’ as an alternative to capitalism.
It’s time to talk about democracy at work
Democracy at work has many benefits but above all it is a matter of human dignity.
Fighting for a Europe of tax justice
An outgoing green MEP reflects on a decade of working for tax justice in the European Parliament and the challenges for her successors.
To the postcapitalist city … via Amsterdam circa 1619
What makes the 21st century city the harbinger of a postcapitalist world is that for the first time in modern history the network can transcend the market.