From Neoliberal Ruins To Recovery: Iceland Is Real Poster-Boy
At a Nordic-Baltic Development Forum meeting, held in Riga some years ago, there arose a lively controversy on the relative merits of the Swedish (Nordic)
Lib-Pop Politics: Why Italy’s New Government Is More Neoliberal Than Populist
A new Italian government is in the making, with an unprecedented alliance between the Five Stars Movement (33% of votes in the March 2018 elections;
Solidarity In Europe – Achieving Authenticity In The European Street
Despite the history of our continent, many centuries of which were tarnished by war, suffering, expropriation of resources and exploitation of colonised peoples, the European
Why We Need European Safe Assets
Silke Tober and Thomas Theobald
It has become conventional wisdom that low and stable inflation contributes to economic stability and most central banks in the advanced nations pursue some type
The Double Standard Of America’s China Trade Policy
A high-profile United States trade delegation appears to have returned empty-handed from its mission in China. The result is hardly a surprise, given the scale
Flawed Capitalism On Both Sides Of The Atlantic
Given the scale of poverty and inequality in contemporary Britain (and indeed in the United States), no right-thinking person can presumably be fully happy with
Brexit: Parliament Vs. The People
In the next few months the UK will make one of the most momentous political decisions in its post-war history finalising and approving the withdrawal
Why Macron Is Not The New Left
Since his election in May 2017, international observers have fairly unanimously welcomed Emmanuel Macron as today’s modernizing figure in French politics and depicted him as
EU Company Mobility Package: Implications For Social Europe
Will the ‘freedom of establishment’ – one of the basic freedoms in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) – mean that
Careers Still Matter Even In Today’s Gig Economy
Careers are alive and well. Despite the widespread opinion that we are witnessing the end of careers and flexibilization of working life as a whole,
Is Marx Still Relevant?
From 1949, when Mao Zedong’s communists triumphed in China’s civil war, until the collapse of the Berlin Wall 40 years later, Karl Marx’s historical significance
The Premature Death Of Marx
Most Marxists and anti-Marxists alike probably fail to realise that the highest praise for capitalism is to be found in Marx and Engels, Manifesto of
Renzi’s Last Call
Italy’s Democratic Party (PD), the exact equivalent of Labour in Britain, is in total disarray. It came second in the 4 March general election, way
Standard Dilemmas Of Centre-Left Politics
On a day-to-day basis, it is hard to break free of a mindset dominated in the UK by the details of the Brexit negotiations or
The Dutch Patient
All over the world the Dutch retirement system is considered one of the best but at home it has come under fire. Serious questions are