Brexit dominates political debate, migrants stream through borders, social protection systems are collapsing, changing forms of work are corroding conditions, unemployment levels remain high and
June 5, 2016 will be remembered as an important landmark in the worldwide march towards the implementation of unconditional basic income (UBI) schemes. All Swiss
If voters in the United Kingdom decide in the country’s referendum on June 23 to leave the European Union, it will not be for economic
Today I read an article on shortages and economic collapse in Venezuela. The reason why there are huge lines in front of the stores was
A commitment to the independence of central banks is a vital part of the creed that “serious” policymakers are expected to uphold (privatization, labor-market “flexibility,”
The term “helicopter money” is derived from a vivid image created by the US economist Milton Friedman in which a central banker showers notes on
Among the British press, which overall shows a bias for leaving the EU, the Guardian is seen as one of the few papers with a friendly attitude towards
Europe is in a Gordian knot of debt, deflation and democratic deficits. A hegemonic Germany that Adenauer, Brandt, Schmidt and Kohl wished to avoid dominates
A definition of chutzpah is murdering your parents and then claiming social benefits as an orphan. It is not widely recognised, but the IMF illustrates
As a biographer and aficionado of John Maynard Keynes, I am sometimes asked: “What would Keynes think about negative interest rates?” It’s a good question,
In March 2016 the European Commission presented the preliminary outline of a European Pillar of Social Rights as part of the work undertaken towards a
The drift to illiberal Pop-Nat – populist nationalist – politics in Europe continues. Across the Atlantic Donald Trump exemplifies Pop-Nat politics. There is no sign that the
For Brexiters, history is already written: the EU is on course to become a superstate. Britain had better jump off the train before it happens,
The more our societies diversify into a loose network of lifeworlds, the more important it becomes to find a platform to hold them together. This
What do people mean when they criticize generals for “fighting the last war”? It’s not that generals ever think they will face the same weapon
There is no uniform interpretation of Universal Basic Income (UBI). The simplest definition may be that UBI is a public program in which the state
Those campaigning for Britain to exit the European Union claim that doing so would make their country both freer and richer. They assert that after