Finance
Zoro News – Just Eat to stop using gig economy workers
The boss of one of the world’s biggest food delivery platforms intends to end gig working at his company across Europe.We shall see. Read here
Month: August 2020
EU politics
Chantal Mouffe and Wolfgang Streeck on Left Populism
Chantal Mouffe is the author of For a Left Populism https://www.versobooks.com/books/3097-for-a-left-populism, as well as Gramsci and Marxist Theory, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau), The Return of the Political, and more. See all her […]
Economics
Euractiv: Algeria wants to ‘reassess’ EU trade deal
Algeria’s president has requested the country’s trade minister reassess a deal with the EU, ahead of a free trade agreement due to come into effect on 1 September. Read here
Climate Crisis
Frank van Lerven – QE being used to support Fossil Fuel Industry
There has been no change. European governments are using QE to support the environment destroying international corporations. What is occurring in the UK is also happening in the ECB and support programmes by European governments. […]
Economics
Marshall Auerback – The Pandemic Has Revealed America’s Postal Code Map of Inequality
COVID-19—just like previous pandemics—exposes that health outcomes are a function of race and income. Marshall Auerback is a market analyst and commentator This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent […]
Corruption
Ben Wray – ‘Where’s Juan?’: Royal corruption puts Spain’s ’78 Regime in the Spotlight
Fascism and corruption seem to be the two mainstays of Spain’s political system. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist leading BRAVE NEW EUROPE’S Gig Economy Project. He also produces a morning newsletter called Source Direct […]
EU politics
Philip Rathgeb, Arianna Tassinari – The Eurozone poses Challenges for Labour at large – and not just for the ‘South’
In the aftermath of the sovereign debt crisis, trade unions in the Eurozone periphery suffered heavy defeats in policy-making, as governments implemented liberalising reforms against their opposition. Some scholars saw this as indicative of a […]
Economics
Jo Michell – Health vs. the Economy: A False Choice
Boris Johnson is framing the Covid-19 debate as ‘health vs. the economy’ – but his government’s approach to this crisis has helped neither, and nor will recklessness in easing the lockdown. Read here
Economics
Emma Clancy – For an ambitious EU Financial Transaction Tax worthy of the name
How the EU takes a good idea, delays it for almost then years while converting it into the opposite of its intention. Too typical. Emma Clancy works as an advisor for Martin Schirdewan of Die […]
Economics
Valerie Vande Panne – Re-Localizing Industry, One Thing at a Time
This is something that the EU would do its best to stop, claiming it to be in violation of competition rules: international corporations being prioritised over citizens. Valerie Vande Panne is a writing fellow at […]