Social Europe - Page 80

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.

As COP27 opens in Egypt while famine sweeps Somalia, an outcome-based approach to climate change must replace the appearance of action.

It will take more than sustainable-finance rules to summon the investment required for the socio-ecological transformation.

The European Commission’s initiative on long-term care addresses disability yet ignores key aspects of international law.

Europe can replace all Russian fossil-fuel imports with clean solutions by 2025—but only if it avoids the coal trap.

While Jair Bolsonaro has been voted out of office, the forces that empowered him retain considerable influence.

Are statutory minimum wages or collective-bargaining coverage the answer to low pay? Both, actually.

In a world of interlocking crises, Jayati Ghosh finds an antidote to despair in the potential of mobilisation for a new eco-social contract.

The Green Deal assumes economic growth can be ‘decoupled’ from ecological damage. That’s wishful thinking.

Meeting the challenge of climate change requires social democracy to come up with a new social paradigm.

Not only have many children been traumatised by the Russian invasion. Some of their carers and teachers have too.

Unions have the capacities to mobilise and represent platform workers and connected workforces in non-standard work forms.

A crisis of wellbeing is invisibly surging in the digital economy. As with the coronavirus, Europe needs to get a grip on it.

Measures advanced by trade unions, and trade union involvement, will be key to getting through this crisis.

In a world that is ever more interconnected it is essential to question naturalised dividing lines and build solidarity.