Until the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greek athletes had world-class funding, trainers and facilities. This golden age ended when the economic crisis broke out and the Greek government cut funding to sport. What does this mean for promising young athletes like wrestler Nikoleta [...]Read the full article
Veronica Nilsson:“A commitment made by representatives of 40 national governments will not on its own end the global healthcare workforce crisis. But ministers and officials have made that positive commitment and we should hold them to account and work with them to achieve [...]Read the full article
Ronald Janssen:“Strong wage formation institutions together with robust social dialogue allow workers to catch up with inflation by bargaining for higher wages and, more generally, to negotiate a fair sharing of the cost-of-living crisis. It is shocking to observe that in 2022 top CEOs benefitted from [...]Read the full article
Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde:Global military spending has continued to rise for the eighth year in a row. Seen from a traditional state security perspective – which generally assumes that more weapons means more security – this could be interpreted as good news. But is [...]Read the full article
Daniel Kostzer:“The response to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse are both powerful examples of the underlying logic of capitalism, that a bank can be bailed out in a matter of hours but during the Covid-19 pandemic it took most governments several months before deciding to intervene to [...]Read the full article
Nadja Salson:The use of consultancies often goes unnoticed because it is seen as a transfer from the public to the private sector that also generates jobs. The fact that they provide much more than advice is raising concerns about transparency, accountability and the cost of public [...]Read the full article
When excessive levels of debt are reached, the dialogue between creditors and debtors is often broken. In Belgium, debt mediators are at hand to re-establish this dialogue and enable both parties to reach an agreement.Read the full article
Nicolás Sartorius:This health, economic and social pandemic has shown the need for strengthened welfare states, and the political risks associated with weakening them, as well the need to build welfare states where they do not exist in order to avoid permanent conflicts and the crisis of dislocated [...]Read the full article
The billions that the most powerful corporations avoid paying in taxes are crucial for a just economic recovery in the post-pandemic era. The G20’s stance on global tax justice will be decisive in turning the tide.Read the full article
On the 10th anniversary of Spain’s citizen, anti-austerity movement 15M, the Spanish writer and activist Fernández-Savater takes stock of the Indignados.Read the full article
In a country where the need for education is enormous and families have little income, the idea of tuition-free schooling should enjoy unanimous support. Instead, the government’s initiative has been met with strikes. Parents and teachers are concerned about the conditions under which the [...]Read the full article
Robert Maisey:This cosy relationship between private companies and government, leveraging a national crisis to facilitate an accelerated transfer of wealth from public to private, can only be given one name: corruption.Read the full article