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Gig Economy Project – EU member-states agree Platform Work Directive position

June 12, 2023 Ben 0

Both the platform lobby and pro-employment rights’ MEP Leïla Chaibi reacted critically to the Council’s Platform Work Directive position The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers in Europe. Click […]

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Seán Fearon: Degrowth at a crossroads

June 7, 2023 Ben 0

The Beyond Growth conference was a landmark event for the degrowth movement, but it also highlighted the risks of co-option by the powerful. Seán Fearon is a PhD researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, working in […]

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Nicholas Vinocur: All hail Queen Ursula!

May 8, 2023 Ben 0

The fact that it will be a coronation for Ursula von der Leyen to secure a second term as European Commission President says a lot about the state of EU democracy. In Politico. Read the […]

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Nathan Akehurst: The European Union is stepping up its war on refugees

March 29, 2023 Ben 0

Frontex, Europe’s border army, sits at the heart of a remilitarising continent Cross-posted from Other News A special EU summit in Brussels last month committed to increasing funds for border surveillance and the deportation of […]

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ETUC- EU: ‘Cosmetic’ energy reforms won’t help workers

March 15, 2023 Ben 0

The European Trade Union Confederation’s press release on the European Commission’s proposals to reform the EU’s internal electricity market design. Read the article HERE.

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Gubad Ibadoghlu: What impact have EU sanctions had on the Russian economy?

March 14, 2023 Ben 0

EU sanctions failed to debilitate the Russian economy in 2022, but that might be changing. Gubad Ibadoghlu is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Cross-posted from LSE EUROPP’s […]

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Politico: Brussels banned TikTok. Europe has questions.

March 13, 2023 Ben 0

The EU has banned members of staff from using the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok and advised MEPs to get rid of the app. But it has failed to offer any real explanation as to why […]

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Tech Won’t Save Us: What new EU rules might mean for gig workers

March 6, 2023 Ben 0

Paris Marx, host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, is joined by Ben Wray, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator, to discuss the fight to win a pro-worker Platform Work Directive in the European Union, Uber’s […]

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UK, EU strike new Northern Ireland post-Brexit deal

February 27, 2023 Ben 0

Al Jazeera report on the new Northern Ireland deal, known as ‘the Windsor Framework’. Read the article HERE.

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Shachi Mokashi: Why Is It So Difficult to Regulate Toxic Contamination?

February 8, 2023 Ben 0

The EU is backsliding on commitments to properly regulate toxic chemicals. Shachi Mokashi is a writer focusing on environmental politics. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal In 2020, the European Commission rolled out a Chemicals Strategy […]

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

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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

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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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