Inequality

Celebrated economist Mariana Mazzucato argues that the opponents of growth are focused on the wrong target. The real problem is the kind of growth.

Still to be ratified, the EU-Mercosur agreement could entrench centuries-old inequality between the two regions, as well as threaten the planet.

The Green Deal needs a nuanced approach which recognises the historical roots of today’s inequalities.

In the USA, the inequality and climate crises are increasingly seen as one and the same and the Left has seized on the Green New Deal as the answer.

Human rights and neoliberalism both rose to prominence in the last decades of the 20th century, but what is the relationship between the two?

Interest in basic income is growing in Scotland and across the United Kingdom. Can we expect trials from the Scottish government and where might the momentum lead?

A conversation on how to rework the political economy to end inequality and challenge the “business as usual” attitude of the EU and Italy’s ruling classes.

In the first of a three-part series, we look at how blind optimism must be replaced by a societal debate in which technological advances are held accountable.

The EU needs a new model for doing business, one which marries innovation, social justice & sustainability, & puts Europe on the road to shared prosperity before crisis hits again.

In an age of climate crisis where the social consequences of 2008 are still being felt, central banks are in uncharted territory.