The New Xenophobia
Democratic governments in the West are increasingly losing their bearings. From the shift toward illiberalism in Poland and Hungary to the Brexit vote in the
Illegitimate Inequality
In the wake of increasing inequality across the OECD area, public debate over policies of redistribution has become more intensive. Large parts of the populations
Europe Needs Franco-German Action To Project Power
After the shock of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States in 2016, this will be a
Another Way To Overcome Italy’s Banking and Economic Crises
The most urgent task of the new Gentiloni government is to solve the serious problem of Monte dei Paschi di Siena and other banks with
Zygmunt Bauman: A Beacon Of Hope In The Darkness
I don’t know what to do. A world that was getting darker suddenly turned pitch black. Zygmunt Bauman is dead. The towering intellectual colossus of
Has Income Inequality Finally Got To Top Of The IMF Agenda?
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has named the reduction of economic inequality as the “defining challenge of our time”. This is true not only for
The Age Of Hyper-Uncertainty
The year 2017 will mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Age of Uncertainty. Forty years is a long time, but
Euro Is The Problem, Not The Union
Year of Referendum Disasters In 2016 the European Union both as an organization and hope for a better and more peaceful future suffered at least
No Intergenerational Equity For Millennials
Eight years on from the global economic crisis, social inequality is rising in the majority of EU member states, according to recent studies. Even worse,
European Works Councils – Another Brexit Victim
European Works Councils (EWCs) are a living, functioning embodiment of Social Europe and the core EU concept that workers should have rights and, in exchange
How Bad Can It Get? Prepare For Economic Nationalism
2016 was already quite miserable in so many respects; 2017 promises to get even worse. Looking at the chamber of horrors President-elect Trump is putting
Pay And Social Protection In Platform Capitalism
The market-making matching of supply and demand – not any kind of sharing – defines online platforms. Extension of markets into new spheres may provide
Labour And Its Brexit Dilemma
The British Labour Party currently teeters on the brink, trapped between following many of its northern supporters in supporting an end to the freedom of
Europe’s Slow-Burning Issue – Making Work Sustainable
Making work sustainable is not simply a challenge for politicians and policymakers in the European Union: it is a fundamental issue that underpins the future
Reborn Social Democracy As ‘Progressive Communitarianism’
The new authoritarianism sweeping through liberal democracies increasingly justifies parallels with the 1930s. Now, like then, electorates face multiple insecurities: a lack of decent work,