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Why Good Business Leaders Tune Out the Trump Noise and Stay Focused

Stefan Stern

Amid political chaos, smart executives keep their eyes on real growth—green tech, innovation, and long-term resilience.

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Mainstream Economics: A Catalogue of Failures

James K Galbraith

A critique of mainstream economics’ failures and its resistance to change.

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Confronting the Pandemic’s Toxic Political Legacy

Jan-Werner Müller

Resentment over pandemic policies fuels far-right gains, deepens distrust in science, and reshapes politics in the US and Europe.

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World Cancer Day: An Appeal to End Inequalities in Cancer Prevention and Care

Wendy Yared

Inequalities in cancer prevention and care remain a glaring issue.

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Corporate Power vs. Social-Ecological Transformation: Why Progress Remains Stalled

Richard Bärnthaler and Andreas Novy

Fossil fuel giants and entrenched elites block climate action.

Donald Trump — author portrait, Social Europe.

Trump’s Tariff Gamble: Will America’s “Golden Age” End in an Economic Nightmare?

Harold James

Trump’s tariff push risks backfiring, threatening U.S. growth, global investment, and the economic stability he promises.

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Austria’s Radical Lurch: Kickl’s Power Grab Looms

Robert Misik

A radical leader edges towards transforming Austria's democracy, sparking widespread concern.

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Reaching Net Zero Might Fail—And It’s Not Because Renewables Are Too Expensive

Jayati Ghosh

Solar and wind are now cheaper than fossil fuels, but...

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How Inequality Fuels the Cosmetic Surgery Boom

Kate Pickett

Rising inequality drives a global surge in cosmetic procedures.

Donald Trump — author portrait, Social Europe.

Trump’s Trade Tariffs: Economic Weapon or Self-Inflicted Wound?

Dani Rodrik

Trump’s sweeping tariffs promise to reshape global trade.

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Hungary: Safe Haven for Poland’s Corrupt Officials?

Sławomir Sierakowski

Fugitive Polish officials accused of corruption find asylum in Hungary, raising concerns about EU rule of law.

Donald Trump — author portrait, Social Europe.

The End of Progess? The Dire Consequences of Trump’s Return

Joseph Stiglitz

Trump’s second presidency could derail progress, dismantle Enlightenment values, and reshape global politics for the worse.

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EU Minimum Wage Directive Before the European Court of Justice: It’s Not All Over Now…

Thorsten Schulten and Torsten Müller

EU’s minimum wage directive is under threat.

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Why Populists Are Winning: The Broken Promise of Liberal Democracy

Jan Zielonka

As democracy falters, voters turn to populists. Can innovation save democracy from its outdated frameworks?

Donald Trump — author portrait, Social Europe.

An American Catastrophe

Jan T. Gross

Trump’s second term will devastate democracy, erode global norms, and deepen the consequences of America’s collective folly.

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S&D conference The Middle East at crossroads: A progressive vision, 9 September 2026, European Parliament, Brussels

S&D conference “The Middle East at crossroads: A progressive vision”

The S&D Group is pleased to invite you to our conference “The Middle East at crossroads: A progressive vision” on Wednesday, 9 September, from 14:30 to 18:30, in the European Parliament in Brussels as well as online, where we will discuss the geopolitical changes taking place in the Middle East.

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New Edition - Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2025

Can Europe preserve its distinctive social model while simultaneously rearming, reindustrialising, and reorganising its economy in a more conflictual and competitive world? This is the central question raised in this new edition of the Bilan social, a reference publication released every spring for more than 25 years by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the European Social Observatory (OSE).

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EurofoundTalks podcast with Mary McCaughey and Eszter Sandor: Is financial resilience and trust in Europe faltering?

Is financial resilience and trust in Europe faltering?

In this episode of Eurofound Talks, host Mary McCaughey and senior researcher Eszter Sandor unpack the results of the 2025 Living and Working in the EU e-survey. While headline inflation has stabilised at 2.1%, the data reveals a continent gripped by chronic precariousness, with 57% of respondents now at risk of depression. Mary and Eszter explore how this economic insecurity is impacting institutional trust and democratic engagement.

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Cover of The Progressive Post issue 31, Summer 2026: The Mediterranean, a crowded sea.

The Summer issue of The Progressive Post is out! 

The EU is belatedly awakening to a changing Mediterranean sea, where more assertive regional powers are reclaiming a role.

The new issue of the magazine also reflects on how we struggle to keep pace with AI innovations, examines the uncertainties surrounding the execution of the Pact on Migration and Asylum and the risk to human rights posed by the Return Regulation, and focuses on the EU Commission's newly proposed Industrial Accelerator Act.

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WSI blog series “Climate Transition: Socially Just and Fair”: How the climate crisis and global migration are linked, by Neva Löw and Maximilian Pichl

How the climate crisis and global migration are linked

The climate crisis and global migration are closely linked. Emancipatory forces must demand and defend the right to be able to leave, but not to have to leave. This means defending and expanding asylum rights.

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Cover of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung analysis The Capability State: A Progressive Vision for the 21st Century by Henning Meyer.

“What is the actual purpose of the state?” – this central question is the focus of the analysis. At a time when bureaucratic processes are making life difficult for citizens, the paper proposes a three-part model. It aims at a conception of the state as a platform that helps society build the capabilities it needs to address its problems effectively.

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