Welfare and Social Issues

Working towards solidarity and care requires us to challenge the foundational assumptions of the economy that surrounds us.

As falling birth rates and longer lives shrink the working-age population, tighter labour markets will become the new normal.

For John Wall, the ballot box is for anyone who wishes to have a say – children included.

Fanni Svégel on attempts to engineer a baby boom that never came – and their harmful effects on women.

Demographic decline is exposing a fundamental blind spot in modern economics: its inability to recognise the value of care.

As Europe’s electorates age, Ben Wray asks whether intergenerational conflict is inevitable.

Demographic trends cannot be reversed – only navigated. Can societies guarantee wellbeing as the labour force shrinks and fiscal pressures mount? And as older cohorts outnumber the young, is intergenerational conflict inevitable?

Widespread precarity and poor pay mean that journalists require significant resources, heightening the risk of class bias.

Despite efforts to facilitate the Czech region’s green transformation, its future remains uncertain amid political corruption and social exclusion.

As Europe’s population ages, balancing social rights with a viable pension system is becoming increasingly challenging yet urgent.