GlobalWhy we need ‘Fridays for Keynesianism’ Unlike neoclassical economics, Keynes recognised the key role of the financial system in modern capitalist economies By Peter Bofinger
GlobalWhy AI will not abolish work Without new ways of fairly distributing paid and unpaid work, technologies such as AI could bring about a highly divided world By Andrea Komlosy
GlobalThe myth of middle-class liberalism The bourgeois are supposed to ensure open, democratic societies. In fact, historically they rarely have By David Motadel
GlobalThe EU's toothless trade policy The EU Commission fails to enforce trade agreements' social and environmental norms. Just look at the case of South Korea By Miriam-Lena Horn
GlobalWhy state capitalism isn’t primarily geopolitical States like China rarely use foreign investment for geopolitical goals. They try to reap the benefits of a globalised economy By Milan Babic
Economy and ecologyThe fierce urgency of COP26 With a US administration under Trump, European unity and leadership is the only hope for driving China's climate ambitions By Adam Tooze
GlobalZombie capitalism must die! Cheap money in the hands of speculators causes high economic, social and political costs. It’s time for the state to act By Marc Saxer
Democracy and societyHow tax breaks undermine the SDGs Tax incentives are largely redundant, inefficient and unnecessarily erode public financing for development in the Global South By Neeti Biyani
Foreign and security policyFrom digital diplomacy to data diplomacy The digital revolution arrived late at the heart of Western diplomacy. But greater data capacities hold a lot of promise By Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
GlobalDisarm the G20! The nuclear arms race threatens our very existence. Where's the protest movement demanding the disarmament of the G20? By Herbert Wulf