Green Politics
If Liz Truss wants to be more like Germany, she should boost workers’ rights
Alex Hern shows Liz Truss the piece of data she seems to be ignoring in her attempts to become more like Germany.
“You’ve never had it so good” has never been so wrong: Review of The Cost of Inequality
Carl Packman reviews Stewart Lansley's "The Cost of Inequality," and loves it.
German superunion to begin negotiating for 6.5 per cent wage increase
Tony Burke examines the future of the IGM, a German superunion, and how they're weathering the recession
European Socialists call for more than talk on youth unemployment – will the blue bloc listen?
Alex Hern looks at the calls for a reality-based solution to youth unemployment from the EU socialists
The ‘markets’ aren’t the economy
Alex Hern looks at how a chance change in the make-up of the Dow Jones would lead to a 2000 point difference, and asks what this tells us about economic decision-making
Osborne’s austerity obsession is betraying a generation of young people
Willie BainWillie Bain examines in depth the government's austerity obsession - and that of the rest of the EU centre right - and finds it lacking