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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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Gig Economy Project – Defeat for the platform lobby: European Parliament backs stronger Platform Work Directive

February 2, 2023 Ben 0

European Parliament now must negotiate its mandate with the Council of the EU, which has yet to agree its position THE European Parliament has voted in favour of a text which would see the presumption […]

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Branko Milanović: Can Serbia survive EU’s economic ultimatum?

January 23, 2023 Ben 0

The EU is seeking to bully Serbia in to accepting an ultimatum. History suggests Brussels will get its way sooner or later. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest  book […]

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Fighting corruption in Brussels after Qatargate: Interview with Nicholas Aiossa

January 23, 2023 Ben 0

Nicholas Aiossa from Transparency International explains what’s behind the “culture of impunity” at the European Parliament and proposes reforms to address it. Cross-posted from Green European Journal Green European Journal: Greek socialist MEP and vice […]

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Piero Valmassoi – Uber and EU lobbying: is there a way to keep the baby and throw out the bathwater?

January 19, 2023 Ben 0

Piero Valmassoi, a policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, reports for the Gig Economy Project on the debate of the European Parliament on Uber lobbying practices on Wednesday [18 January], […]

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Corruption

Andy Hsieh – Merchants of Spin: Monsanto’s Astroturfing of Glyphosate in the EU

January 18, 2023 Ben 0

Surprise surprise, agribusiness successfully uses astroturf campaigns to convince the EU that the use of toxic substances in agriculture can continue for another year. Andy Hsieh is an American writer and environmental activist based in London. He can […]

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Sebnem Eroglu: Many Turkish people who migrated to European countries are worse off than those who stayed at home

January 9, 2023 Ben 0

Research suggests European labour markets are failing migrants and their descendants. Cross-posted from The Conversation Europe Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain a better standard of living. But my recent […]

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Joseph Downing – The EU’s Digital Services Act: Europeanising social media regulation?

August 5, 2022 Ben 0

Should we worry that Brussels technocrats, which we can’t kick out of office, will decide what is illegal online content? This article is cross-posted from LSE’s European Politics and Policy blog Big tech has been blamed for […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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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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