The Inequality Nightmare
Inequality Nightmare – “The poor cannot sleep, because they are hungry,” the Nigerian economist Sam Aluko famously said in 1999, “and the rich cannot sleep, because the poor
America’s War On Poverty, America’s War On The Poor
January 2014 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the State of the Union Address in which Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty. This anniversary is
Why Coal Production Must End
Germany is now producing more coal than for twenty years. This has occurred in a society that prides itself on its concern about climate change
The Changing Nature Of Work And Agency In Times Of Interregnum
Henning Meyer has asked my opinion on the big societal challenges likely to characterize the year we’ve just entered. There are, no doubt, many –
The New Inequality
New inequality – From the start, policy responses to the 2008 financial crisis were colored by memories and interpretations of the Great Depression. The conventional
Why The Concept Of Class Is An Invention Of The Modern Spirit
The representation of modernity would not be complete unless we go back to the theory of the social classes and to Marx’s interpretation of history
The Specialization Myth
Some ideas are intuitive. Others sound so obvious after they are expressed that it is hard to deny their truth. They are powerful, because they
Nothing Left? In Search Of (a new) Social Democracy
The ongoing economic crisis has had many political losers, and some (mostly short-lived) political winners, but among all the change, one thing stays the same:
Willy Brandt’s Forgotten Ostpolitik
Recently I have had the great pleasure of participating in an event commemorating what would have been Willy Brandt’s 100th birthday in Berlin. During the
Why The ‘Genuine EMU’ Will Not Be a Fiscal Union
Although the critics of the Maastricht Treaty, who called attention to the risks of monetary integration without fiscal and political integration, long went unheeded, the