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Restoring Public-Sector Capacity Where It Counts

Mariana Mazzucato and Rainer Kattel

Cities face crises first. Investing in capable, adaptive local governments is essential for resilience, inclusion, and democracy.

How to Get European Territories Future-Ready

Roland Benedikter

The EU must abandon insularity and embrace global partnerships in futures governance to secure its place in a rapidly changing world.

How to Control the Increase of Income Inequality Due to New Technologies?

Branko Milanovic

New technologies drive inequality by concentrating capital income. Three policy approaches can help spread ownership and moderate disparities.

Investing in Our Children’s Future Starts with Supporting the Workers Who Care for Them

Daniel Molinuevo and Michele Consolini

Despite EU commitments to equality, children at risk of poverty remain severely underrepresented in early childhood education programs.

Trump Puts America Up for Sale: Everything Now Comes With a Price Tag

Katharina Pistor

From $100,000 work visas to million-dollar “gold cards,” Trump turns government services into transactions for the highest bidder.

Europe’s Digital Future Demands Public Ownership And Worker Control

Jan Willem Goudriaan and Diego Naranjo

European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens' data and workers' rights.

Europe Needs Active Demand Management, Not Business As Usual

Judith Kirton-Darling and Isabelle Barthès

As tariff wars and industrial crises mount, Europe must abandon austerity for investment-driven internal demand.

Europe’s Wealth Gap Threatens Social Cohesion As Housing Crisis Deepens

Carlos Vacas-Soriano

Extreme wealth concentration across the EU undermines opportunity and security for millions while property ownership becomes increasingly unattainable.

Trump’s Show of Force

Timothy Snyder

State governors are emerging as democracy's last defenders against federal overreach and military deployments.

The Lethal Consensus: How Liberals Lost the War of Ideas

Dominic Afscharian

Bold visions defeat timid reforms—yet liberals insist on bringing policy briefs to an ideological gunfight.

What Can AI In Colombian Classrooms Teach Europe About Democratic Innovation?

Deny Giovanno

When rural schools experiment with artificial intelligence, they reveal whether technology serves the many or the few.

Why Putin Does Not Want Peace in Ukraine

Guillaume Duval

Even America's most Russia-friendly president cannot deliver the ceasefire Moscow's strategic calculations demand.

Violence As Policy in Trump’s America

Jan-Werner Müller

Trump uses far-right activist's killing to justify violence while portraying himself as victim.

The Far Right Is Winning In Austria—Even In Opposition

Gabriela Greilinger

Austria's government cuts welfare whilst hardening on immigration—a losing strategy that strengthens the far right.

Germany’s Misguided War on Baby Boomers

Peter Bofinger

A prominent economist's attack on an entire generation ignores economic facts and threatens social cohesion.

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