The beginning of a new globalisation
This time, Branko Milanovic writes, it is labour—not capital—which will be globalised.
politics, economy and employment & labour
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This time, Branko Milanovic writes, it is labour—not capital—which will be globalised.
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The Metaverse has been talked about only in terms of gee-whiz technologies.
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The agreement follows a critical Supreme Court judgment and the ‘riders’ law’ deriving from social dialogue.
‘Intellectual property rights’ as the foundation of ‘free’ markets is a notion difficult, intellectually, to sustain.
Individual learning accounts can make the right to training tangible for all but EU member states will need to raise their commitment.
While still subject to political negotiations, the labour-market reform agreed by Spain’s social partners should bring more security.
The pandemic-induced crisis has seen fiscal policy relaxed. Ill-evidenced orthodoxy must not be allowed to reinstate austerity.
New working arrangements could hold out more self-determination for workers. Too often they have meant more stress.
Giving the public impression that inflation is ‘too low’, Peter Bofinger writes, is not a good look for the bank.
If ‘strategic autonomy’ is to define the EU’s relation to the world, linked trade deals must not mean dependence for workers.
Online shopping is simple and convenient for customers. But the logistics workforce may pay the price.
The EU’s plan for recovery offered an opportunity for meaningful involvement of social actors. The outcome? Patchy.
Boosting earnings and the dignity of work requires strengthening bargaining power and supplying good jobs to those who most need them.
The draft directive published today is already breaking the united front of the platform companies.
Financing post-pandemic recovery via EU borrowing has proved remarkably straightforward. So why keep it temporary?
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