Democracy | IPS Journal

Header

picture alliance / empics | Jane Barlow

Future of social democracy

The myth of the deserving billionaire

While the rich get the benefit of every doubt, the poor are viewed as requiring discipline. Why?

By Teresa Ghilarducci

ChatGPT

Future of social democracy

Redlessness

In Central Europe, social democracy is no longer just in crisis mode — but in the process of disappearing entirely

By Henrik Meyer

picture alliance / Sipa USA | Sipa USA

Future of social democracy

What kind of world do you want to live in?

The social democratic vision of a just society is currently mobilising very few people — for various reasons

By Thomas Greven

picture alliance / abaca | Europa Press/ABACA

Future of social democracy

The Left fights back — finally

A global left-wing alliance is forming in Barcelona to counter the rise of the far right

By Valeska Hesse, Daniel Reichart

picture alliance / REUTERS | Maxim Shemetov

Future of social democracy

Nothing lasts forever

And though we keep hearing that its race is run, social democracy can still stage a comeback. Its chance may lie in Asia

By Mirco Günther

Pexels

Future of social democracy

It’s a question of credibility

Is an inheritance tax the answer to an unjust tax system that values the wealthy over the working? No, it is more complicated than that

By Eda Emre

Canva/IPS

Future of social democracy

Silicon Valley socialism

AI giants promise prosperity without work. But is it this easy?

By Noreena Hertz

Canva/IPS

Future of social democracy

Universalism is a dream

But not an impossible one

By Kaushik Basu

pa / dpa | Thomas_Coex

Future of social democracy

On the road to nowhere

The long decline of social democracy began with the ‘Third Way’. Since then, it has been searching for a new direction

By Polly Toynbee

picture-alliance / akg-images

Future of social democracy

Power without the people

What democracy needs is not nostalgia, but reinvention. It must become participatory again — not just in name, but in practice

By Rachel Beatty Riedl