Four legs good, two legs better?
It’s time to stop handing over the keys of state administrations to generalist private consultancy firms.
A noble award for a ‘popular misconception’
Peter Bofinger questions last week’s award of a prestigious economics prize to an orthodox school which could not anticipate the 2008 crash.
‘Greedflation’: who wins, who loses?
With inflation driven largely by corporate rent-seeking, rather than suppressing wage claims windfall profits must be taxed.
Realising Europe’s geopolitical vocation
Can the European Political Community be the backbone of a new European security architecture? Nicoletta Pirozzi asks.
The Kremlin’s suicidal imperialism
The more apparent it is that Russia is losing, the more forcefully Vladimir Putin declares that it is not.
Achieving wage justice in Europe
Making public contracts for private firms conditional on collective agreements can help stem the falling labour share.
Green Deal: the light at the end of the crisis tunnel
The faster we deploy the European Green Deal, the quicker we become crisis-proof. Brussels must resist siren calls for inertia.
Toward a progressive economic agenda
To win power, progressive leaders must articulate a coherent economic policy, focusing not only on redistribution but also value creation.
Regulating platform work in Europe: a work in progress
Divergences between the European Commission and the European Parliament reveal the real challenges of regulating the platform economy.
Health and safety: Europe’s patchy commitment
The European Union must stop compromising on the fundamental right of workers to health and safety.
From ‘free-market’ to subsidised capitalism
To deal with the climate crisis, governments must recognise that only the state has allowed the last three crises to be contained.
Tackling the roots of gender-based violence
A new declaration based on the Istanbul convention carries forward the struggle against a pervasive social phenomenon.
Towards social sustainability: a social taxonomy
A ‘social taxonomy’ should be developed as a counterpart to the green investment taxonomy, with comprehensive employee involvement.
Does the United Nations still exist?
Branko Milanovic charts the fall and fall of the organisation tasked with preserving world peace.
EU must act to stop refugee pushbacks in Greece
Lack of action has allowed Greece to build a dark system of pushbacks, surveillance and other fundamental rights violations.
Turkey: from polarisation to pluralism
Could an Alevi social democrat defeat the authoritarian Erdoğan in next year’s election?
Reclaim your space through lesbian resistance!
Lesbian feminists gather today for a conference in Budapest facing a ‘gender ideology’ backlash.