The entrepreneurial state must lead on climate change
As a much-touted green alliance of financial institutions crumbles, the private sector has once again proved unequal to the task of climate leadership.
A European initiative for a global green deal
COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh is now open but the European Union does not seem to have the will to achieve serious goals.
Putting politics back in charge of the economy
In the neoliberal era, economics marginalised the social sciences. But, Sheri Berman writes, only politics can tame capitalism’s chaotic gyrations.
Global environmental governance: reform urgent
As COP27 opens in Egypt while famine sweeps Somalia, an outcome-based approach to climate change must replace the appearance of action.
Shrink finance, save the planet
It will take more than sustainable-finance rules to summon the investment required for the socio-ecological transformation.
Does the European Care Strategy care about disability?
The European Commission’s initiative on long-term care addresses disability yet ignores key aspects of international law.
Getting out of the coal black hole
Europe can replace all Russian fossil-fuel imports with clean solutions by 2025—but only if it avoids the coal trap.
Bolsonarism after Bolsonaro
While Jair Bolsonaro has been voted out of office, the forces that empowered him retain considerable influence.
Does the minimum-wages directive get it right?
Are statutory minimum wages or collective-bargaining coverage the answer to low pay? Both, actually.
Grappling with power imbalances
In a world of interlocking crises, Jayati Ghosh finds an antidote to despair in the potential of mobilisation for a new eco-social contract.
From ‘green growth’ to a ‘good life’
The Green Deal assumes economic growth can be ‘decoupled’ from ecological damage. That’s wishful thinking.
A green growth and innovation paradigm
Meeting the challenge of climate change requires social democracy to come up with a new social paradigm.
War’s impact on Ukraine’s child-focused workers
Not only have many children been traumatised by the Russian invasion. Some of their carers and teachers have too.
Organising and bargaining in the platform economy
Unions have the capacities to mobilise and represent platform workers and connected workforces in non-standard work forms.
Mental health in a digital world of work
A crisis of wellbeing is invisibly surging in the digital economy. As with the coronavirus, Europe needs to get a grip on it.
Cost-of-living emergency: Europe needs radical steps
Measures advanced by trade unions, and trade union involvement, will be key to getting through this crisis.
Beyond the politics of ‘us’ and ‘them’
In a world that is ever more interconnected it is essential to question naturalised dividing lines and build solidarity.