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16/12/2021

Philosophy and the art of governing – and why they matter

‘All politicians are the same’ and ‘none of them listens to us’ were two sentences […]
14/07/2021

An alternative system, urgently needed

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If our current problems derive from a failed system, the alternatives need to be systemic […]
14/07/2021

Understanding the Labour Party – its history, its choices, and its potential for the future

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The emergence of the Third Way is remembered as the moment of a great schism […]
19/03/2021

Of another world

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Fabrizio Barca, the animator of the Forum Disuguaglianze e Diversità (Inequalities and Diversity Forum) and […]
19/03/2021

The Social Momentum of Europe

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Spring 2021 is a good season for Social Europe: with the European Commission coming forward […]
19/01/2021

Modern Monetary Theory: What should the EMU make of it?

In 2020, governments all over Europe and beyond have enacted unprecedented fiscal stimulus to keep […]
19/01/2021

“Just do it”: The Economics of Belonging and the temptation of Nike Politics

Corbyn! Trump! Brexit! Thus went the words of Talking Politics, an influential British podcast, when […]
04/11/2020

An ode to muddling through

Exactly ten years after we entered office as members of the Barroso II Commission, and […]
04/11/2020

Debunking the long-held myths that keep austerity alive

John Week’s The Debt Delusion: Living Within our Means and Other Fallacies is a thought […]
04/11/2020

Trade wars are not people’s wars

Understanding the processes and causal mechanisms that determine our world is the first step towards […]
03/08/2020

Automation: a boon or bane for workers?

The economic historian Carl Benedikt Frey is perhaps best known for his estimation back in […]
30/07/2020

The slow extinction of the American working class

Popular predictions about the political extinction of the working class were gross overgeneralisations. However, workers […]
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