Economy

In the standoff between the federal government and the European Commission on wage protection, the former has right on its side.

Workers have stood on the frontline of the pandemic, but the ITUC Global Rights Index documents an anti-worker agenda.

The EU needs to acknowledge the vital economic role of posting and differentiate the rules according to its different types.

As the ownership of firms becomes transferred to algorithmically-controlled index funds, why not put their human employees in charge instead?

The platform economy has intensified power imbalances between companies and their workers, which only collective voice can redress.

The opportunity of CAP reform to cultivate fairer and more sustainable agriculture must not be wasted.

There are no acceptable levels of workplace fatalities—a focus on prevention is needed.

The EU-Mercosur agreement, on which negotiations ended a year ago, awaits signing and ratification. They should be in no rush.

Social clauses in trade deals are sometimes represented as a premise for denial of market access to developing countries. The evidence suggests otherwise.

Governments should ignore siren warnings that only hyperinflation can come from pandemic-induced investments.

Apocalyptic visions of robots stealing workers’ jobs are not only misguided but have diverted attention from more significant trends.

The Biden administration’s ambitious spending and investment programmes have already proven highly successful in the country’s most dynamic state.

The bad news for Germany’s sophisticated economy is innovation by indigenous Germans is declining. The good news is migrants are more than compensating.

Peter Bofinger contends that the economic impact of the pandemic has rendered obsolete the old eurozone fiscal rules.

Rebuilding tourism is a priority but the sector must become more sustainable and resilient, with workers and quality jobs at the heart of recovery.

Branko Milanovic argues African countries are not powerless to influence the global economic debates that marginalise them.

After the financial crash, the pandemic has rendered the labour market for young people across Europe even more precarious than before.