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Future of social democracy

What is the price of a life?

A decade after the economic crash and a year into a global pandemic, some of us are still more equal than others — and inequality is still on the rise

By Kate Pickett

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Economy and ecology

Biden's America is no climate leader

The US administration doesn't recognise America's true responsibility in the climate crisis. Hence, it can't lead the cause for global climate justice

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Foreign and security policy

Russia’s Sputnik diplomacy

While Western countries were busy with their own vaccination campaigns, Russia has filled the leadership vacuum in developing countries

By Valentina Lares

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Democracy and society

The pandemic within the pandemic

Globally, antibiotic use in hospitals has surged since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is fueling the crisis of antimicrobial resistance

By Loice Achieng Ombajo

Reuters

Schwerpunkt

The US and EU must waive the patents

Big Pharma claims that a lack of manufacturing capacity, not patents, are thwarting more vaccine production. That's a lie. We need a TRIPS waiver now

By Lori Wallach

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Work and digitalisation

A shrinking and expanding world

While the pandemic has equalised the access of knowledge around the world, the side-effects will be felt disproportionally in the global labour market

By Branko Milanović

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Work and digitalisation

Changing employment in the age of labour platforms

The Covid-19-induced exponential growth in digital labour platforms forces us to circle back to basic questions about the nature of work

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Economy and ecology

A debt pandemic is engulfing the Global South

Covid-19 is not the only pandemic ravaging across the Global South. A debt pandemic threatens to prevent developing countries' recovery

By Daniel Munevar

Reuters

Economy and ecology

We need to talk about overfishing

By jointly ending harmful fisheries subsidies, China and Europe can help tackle climate change and protect local communities’ livelihoods

By Isabel Jarrett

Reuters

Democracy and society

Why inclusion and equality pay off for all of us

Fostering inclusion and combating inequality should concern everyone — the resulting long-term problems affect society as a whole

By Judith Kohlenberger