Social Europe - Page 81

Occupations, respect and social status

‘Respect’ was a motif of the successful electoral campaign by Germany’s social-democratic leader, Olaf Scholz, in 2021. What’s at stake?

A raft of new instruments are required to address the rentier capitalism of today and the threat to the ecosphere.

The new Swedish government, Lisa Pelling writes, is obsessed with stigmatising immigrants and refugees.

European Union institutions at long last finalise a directive to put more women on company boards.

Monetary tightening only risks recession, whereas fiscal measures can set Europe on a sustainable recovery path.

Some perspective on the referendum defeat for Chile’s draft constitution comes from a different quarter—Iceland.

Workers facing asbestos exposure need much more protection—through tighter limits and proper equipment and protocols.

It’s time to stop handing over the keys of state administrations to generalist private consultancy firms.

Peter Bofinger questions last week’s award of a prestigious economics prize to an orthodox school which could not anticipate the 2008 crash.

With inflation driven largely by corporate rent-seeking, rather than suppressing wage claims windfall profits must be taxed.

Can the European Political Community be the backbone of a new European security architecture? Nicoletta Pirozzi asks.

The more apparent it is that Russia is losing, the more forcefully Vladimir Putin declares that it is not.

Making public contracts for private firms conditional on collective agreements can help stem the falling labour share.

The faster we deploy the European Green Deal, the quicker we become crisis-proof. Brussels must resist siren calls for inertia.

To win power, progressive leaders must articulate a coherent economic policy, focusing not only on redistribution but also value creation.