Employment is stagnant in Germany, with half a million less employed. Do not forget, Germany has round six million furloughed workers, not to mention an enormous self-employed grey zone, which is not discernable these into statistics.
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Economics
Bill Mitchell – Contrary to what you may have heard – governments can always reduce poverty if they choose to
Poverty is a lack of income and for most people of working age that is due to a lack of work. The introduction of a Job Guarantee which provides a socially-inclusive wage (above the poverty […]
Geopolitics
Kris van der Pas: Litigating the EU-Turkey Deal on Asylum Seekers
Three Dutch NGOs are suing the Netherlands for supporting the EU-Turkey deal, arguing that the conditions under which asylum seekers are being held repeatedly violate human rights. Read HERE Photo: Ggia/Wikimedia Commons
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The ‘fiscal contraction expansion’ lie lives on – now playing in Italy – Part 2
It will be madness if Italy bows to the pressure from the European Commission and the IMF and its related bullies like Blanchard and Co. and engages in more fiscal austerity. Italy is on the […]
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