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Gig Economy Project – Portugal: from Uber’s test tube to a leader in platform workers’ rights?

February 2, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Portugal’s labour code reform could deliver much needed workers’ rights to the country’s gig economy, but legal and political uncertainty remains. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers […]

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Gig Economy Project – Permanently on the fence: Germany criticised for abstaining on EU platform work regulation for 2 years

January 24, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The continual abstention of the EU’s largest country is proving decisive in shaping the delicate balance of power among member-states over gig work regulation. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network […]

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Gig Economy Project – Lola Brittain: Own This! How Platform Co-operatives Help Workers Build a Democratic Internet – review

January 18, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Can platform co-operatives offer an alternative to platform capitalism? Lola Brittain currently works on the Fairwork Project at the Oxford Internet Institute, where she researches working conditions both on digital labour platforms, and within the […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘Macron is poisoning an entire continent’: EU member-states refuse to support Platform Work Directive deal

December 22, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The deal negotiated between the Spanish Presidency of the EU and European Parliament interlocutors was rejected by 12 states led by France, while Germany abstained. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media […]

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Piero Valmassoi – Riders’ accidents in Belgium: more exposed, less covered

December 20, 2023 Ben Wray 0

An in-depth analysis of food delivery accidents and accident insurance in Belgium. Piero Valmassoi is a journalist and a platform transport policy expert in Brussels, Belgium. This article was originally published by Econospheres in French. […]

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Workers, algorithms & the EU: Interview with Aída Ponce Del Castillo

December 18, 2023 Ben Wray 0

What does the AI Act and the algorithmic management section of the Platform Work Directive mean for AI in the workplace? The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers […]

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Provisional agreement struck on Platform Work Directive

December 13, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Deal on key issue of the presumption of employment for platform workers gives member-states leeway to add more ‘indicators’. Agreement still needs to get a two-thirds majority among member-states, which could be tricky. The Gig […]

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In Copenhagen, riders are campaigning for international students to have an equal right-to-work

December 7, 2023 Ben Wray 0

With tuition fees reaching over €10,000 per year in one of the most expensive cities in Europe, riders who are non-EEA international students say they need to work more than the permitted 20 hours a […]

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The national riders’ strike in France is bad news for Uber Eats and for Emmanuel Macron: Interview with CGT’s Ludo Rioux

December 1, 2023 Ben Wray 0

A national strike in France against Uber Eats’ new payment system on December 2-3 could be the largest in Europe yet, and exposes Emmanuel Macron’s ‘social dialogue’ system for the gig economy. The Gig Economy […]

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Gig Economy Project – UK Supreme Court finds Deliveroo riders have no rights to collective bargaining because they aren’t workers

November 21, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The IWGB union say they are considering their options “under international law” after “disappointing” defeat. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers in Europe. Click here to find out more […]

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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

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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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