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North America

GDP is broken, but we can fix it

The statistics keep on rising, but they don’t track the well-being of most Americans. It's time for an adjustment

By David Leonhardt

Reuters

Interviews

‘An unpredictable player’

Established parties are still struggling to deal with Germany's right-wing populists. A conversation with Wolfgang Schroeder

Reuters

Future of social democracy

If wealth is justified, so is a wealth tax

US billionaires have dismissed wealth-tax proposals. But they only gained wealth because of legal subsidies from the state

By Katharina Pistor

Reuters

Global

'A sharp vision of a digital social-democratic state'

Elizabeth Warren's plan of breaking up big tech isn't left-wing. Evgeny Morozov on a real vision for digital leftist politics

By Evgeny Morozov

Reuters

Europe

Return to sender

How a postal strike caused government turmoil in Finland and made Sanna Marin the country's youngest prime minister

By Heikki Jokinen

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Global

How neoliberalism could crack

This neoliberal phase of capitalism will not automatically collapse. The left needs to be ready with a clear alternative

By Sheri Berman

Reuters

Global

'We could socialise the financial sector'

Grace Blakeley, a rising star on the British left, explains how the growing dominance of finance has broken our economies

By Grace Blakeley

Reuters

Latin America

'Social democracy is the way out of this'

Welfare state or authoritarian neoliberalism? Chile's crisis could send a strong signal globally, says Cristóbal R. Kaltwasser

By Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

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Future of social democracy

Five lessons for journalism in the age of rage

For Karin Pettersson, journalism has never been more challenging — and never more important

By Karin Pettersson

Reuters

Europe

Labour’s promise to democratise

The UK Labour Party’s election manifesto could herald the beginning of a new consensus beyond neoliberalism

By Christine Berry