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Ben Wray – “Grey Power”: Does the Future Belong to the Old?

June 1, 2026 Ben Wray 0

As Europe’s population ages, the elderly are becoming an ever larger voting bloc, a growing “grey power” which is already reconfiguring political priorities. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and researcher from Scotland, who lives in […]

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Gig Economy

Ben Wray – Platform work is dangerous

February 16, 2026 Ben Wray 0

A study for the European Trade Union Confederation examines what health & safety risks platform workers face in Europe and how to tackle them. Read the report HERE.

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Economics

Ben Wray – Unprofitable Convenience

February 10, 2026 Ben Wray 0

On the rapid rise and fall of Europe’s specialist grocery delivery apps. In ‘Strange Matters’. Read the article HERE.

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Ben Wray – How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs

February 9, 2026 Ben Wray 0

Review of Nick Srnicek’s new book about AI, ‘Silicon Empires’. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.

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Ben Wray – Liberalism Is Surrendering to the Hard-Right Challenge

November 17, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘As Donald Trump tramples over the norms of the postwar liberal order, centrist political leaders are only too keen to accommodate him. Global liberalism is collapsing, while the battle over what replaces it is just […]

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Ben Wray – Negotiating the Algorithm: Trade Union Manual

September 23, 2025 Ben Wray 0

New study for the European Trade Union Confederation answers the following questions: Access the manual HERE.

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Finance

Ben Wray: Working With Delivery Platforms to Harass Migrants

July 25, 2025 Mathew D. Rose 0

Keir Starmer’s government is to provide firms like Uber Eats data on where asylum seekers are staying to help find out if they are working illegally as delivery riders. It’s a pathetic bid to get […]

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Finance

Ben Wray – “Gigification”: The Future of Work? 

June 17, 2025 Ben Wray 0

An exploration of the consequences of the gig economy for autonomy and freedom at work. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and researcher based in the Basque Country, Spain. He is co-author of ‘Scotland after […]

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Geopolitics

Ben Wray – Israel, Iran and the media’s selective amnesia

June 14, 2025 Ben Wray 0

If the media was doing it’s job, it would be asking probing questions about what happened to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and why politicians ignore Israel’s nuclear weapons? Ben Wray is a freelance journalist […]

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Finance

Ben Wray: Building Solidarity in Europe’s Gig Economy

March 14, 2025 Mathew D. Rose 0

Food-delivery bike riders in London, Berlin, and Copenhagen are pushing back against their algorithmic bosses. Read HERE

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

May 8, 2026 0

Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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