Macron Takes Aim At European Politics
Until the terrorist attack at a market in southern France on March 23, French President Emmanuel Macron had been planning to launch a new European-level
Crisis, Rinse, Repeat
Later this century, when economic historians compare the “Great Recession” that started in 2007 with the Great Depression that started in 1929, they will arrive
The Orwellian Danger Of Facebook
Virtually every month it seems, new controversies emerge swirling around Facebook, Google, Amazon, Twitter and other Silicon Valley companies. The latest controversy, which involved allies
The Troubling Transformation Of The EU
“Pro-Europeans” in Brussels and elsewhere tend to think about European integration in a somewhat linear way. They intuitively see integration as good and “disintegration” as
Healthcare Professions And Jobs Going Digital
With the advent of new technologies, the healthcare sector is confronted with an unprecedented wave of change. What will the sector look like in a
The Lesser Evil For The Eurozone
It was not supposed to happen like this. The formation of a new German government took so long that it was only after the Italian
Five Theses For A New Left
Let’s face it: today’s left is in a terrible muddle, caught between a world that once was and a world that still isn’t. Most of
We Need More Social Investment But No More PPPs
Europe needs to spend €1.5 trillion on social infrastructure between now and 2030 to redress the massive underspend over recent years and to address the
Weimar Triangle: Motor For A New Europe?
We are divergent… A new opening in the debate on the EU’s future initiated by Emmanuel Macron’s proposals for greater integration has brought into sharp
What Italy’s Election Means For The EU
Italy’s recent election – in which voters rebuffed traditional parties in favor of anti-establishment and far-right movements, producing a hung parliament – should serve as
Social Media Platforms Should Tell The Truth
The high quality democracies of northern Europe are an unnatural construct, history teaching us that the universal default setting of human society is authoritarianism. There
Left Should Stop Equating Labour With Work
It is intellectually excusable for those on the political right to want to restrict the meaning of work to labour, or income-earning activity. It is
The Trade Union Message To European Leaders
The economic situation and employment rates in Europe are improving. But it is much too early for complacency. Unemployment is still too high, most of
Moving Beyond “Capitalism”
I wish we would stop using the word Capitalism. It is a 19th-century term, derived from 19th-century economic philosophy. But today people who would run
Seeing Off Extreme Right Populism With ‘Progressive Protectionism’
The first step to an effective response by progressives to the rising tide of right-wing populism in Italy and elsewhere is to realise that ever
Brexit, Trade Agreements And The Future Of Labour Standards
Regulatory standards and their enforcement, particularly of labour standards, are especially vulnerable under the auspices of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules in a context of
Italy: After Defeat, Who Does The Left Want To Represent?
One possible reading of the March 4 vote in Italy is it follows the same as the UK’s Brexit, Trump’s victory in the last US