Social Europe - Page 88

Return to positive interest rates requires a safety net

Peter Bofinger explains how inflation in the eurozone can be tempered without jeopardising recovery.

In the dusk of neoliberalism a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the world order—and with it the energy, production, distribution and finance systems.

Sweden needs a ‘joined-up’ approach to climate change or it will fall well short of its responsibilities.

In public vaccination programmes, all humans should be equal. But some have proved more equal than others.

Suddenly, Nicoletta Pirozzi writes, the EU’s ‘geopolitical’ claims have become essential, not aspirational.

If remote working is no longer to be temporary, workers could revitalise previously ‘remote’ areas.

From Ukraine to the cost-of-living crisis to the pandemic, the social challenges of the moment demand a solidaristic response.

The siloviki who gained power during Putin’s early years have been replaced by faceless security technocrats—real heirs to the KGB.

On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, as every day, some 7,500 workers will die from its absence.

Unions have struggled with health-and-safety responses to Covid-19.

The Conference on the Future of Europe could lead to a new European constitution.

Europe has lost almost two precious decades to decarbonise industry due to one of the worst designed EU policy instruments.

Women face the greatest risks from environmental crises and have been shown to deliver better environmental policy results.

The episode has proved, Branko Milanovic writes, that Russia is not ruled by a few rich men but by a single autocrat.