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Western Europe\u2019s urge for a \u2018healthy\u2019 labour market and the race to the social bottom<\/a><\/h3>\n

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The race to the bottom explained<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Making globalization work for the European middle class<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tImport competition, offshoring and automation are threatening the middle classes in Europe. New jobs have been created mainly for the lower and the upper segments of the labour market. But not for the middle. And because most of those jobs are in…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Occupational changes that transform the middle class<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tOccupational change in itself cannot explain the decline of the European middle class. But it could be a threat to its sociopolitical foundations\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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A Divided Middle<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe middle class is not a homogeneous group. The segments within it respond differently to economic globalization, with the lower middle class heading towards the poorest. Although social protection schemes can go a long way to compensate for thei…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Automation: a balancing act for policy-makers<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tTechnology is likely to substantially reshape labour markets in the future, dramatically altering the kinds of skills that middle-class workers will need. As such, policymakers must act now.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Creating jobs at the heart of economic policy<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Precarious work: a concern for the well off<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tLinking precarious work to the debate on income inequality shows that precarious work not only affects the \u2018losers\u2019 of globalization, but also the \u2018winners\u2019.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Low wages and job insecurity as a destructive global standard<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Asia’s rising rural wages<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tRural wages are rising in Asia, and the strongest drivers are demographic changes and the growth of manufacturing.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Doing business in Africa: do the poor profit?<\/a><\/h3>\n

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The rise of finance undermines employment growth<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe stagnation in labour demand in the US is linked to the rise of finance. Strategies to encourage long-term employment growth must be found in that direction too.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The bumpy road to improve women entrepreneurship<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tEgypt has invested in its female labour force since the 1960s. Yet women-led businesses remain rare. Alia El Mahdi provides insight into the underlying challenges and gives policy recommendations for the effective promotion of female entrepreneurs.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The pervasive and unfair costs of trade on workers<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tInternational trade can contribute to the creation of more and better jobs but not always, not for everyone, and not everywhere. Thirty years after the beginning of a global push for liberalization we are finally starting to understand the real co…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Trade openness still matters<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tWhile the long-term benefits of freer trade for the domestic labour market seem indisputable, it is politically contestable over the short- and medium-run.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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TTIP: don\u2019t mention the job losses<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe TTIP will lead to at least a million job losses and threaten labour standards in US and EU.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Job gains from TTIP would be minimal<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe impact of the TTIP on employment in Europe and the US would be minimal, or even negative.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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TTIP should help, not hinder, workers<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tUS citizens have found themselves on the short end of the stick too many times to believe that the TTIP will create more jobs.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The opposing forces of TTIP<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe bilateral setting of the TTIP makes its outcome subject to two specific opposing forces.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe implications of TTIP for employment are uncertain for the EU and US, but also for developing countries.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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EPAs: can we expect more job creation?<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tEPAs can be a good launchpad to foster more productive employment in Africa, but should not be an end in itself.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The vanishing employment relationship<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tSpecific policy is needed to respond to the loss of social control over employment.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The rebirth of stakeholder capitalism?<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe US may be witnessing the beginning of a return to stakeholder capitalism.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJulie Madigan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t29 July 2025
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\n\t\t\tChanges in the global economy and in technology influence employment in the manufacturing sector, especially by requiring new skills.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Pre-distribution and monetary policy: stabilizing employment and growth<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThomas Aubrey<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t22 July 2025
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\n\t\t\tIn an increasingly globalized world which places downward pressure on nominal wages, monetary policy should permit the rewards of productivity growth to be passed on to workers in the form of falling prices. Targeting nominal income growth to equa…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Putting productivity first<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert D. Atkinson<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t21 July 2025
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\n\t\t\tEvidence shows that technological change and productivity growth do not only destroy jobs in Europe and the US, but also create them.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Global labour in crisis<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVera Borsboom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 July 2025
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\n\t\t\tDeveloping a stable and decent labour market is a matter of willingness and making choices.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Strengthen labour market policies along flexicurity principles<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTeodora Tchipeva<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t01 July 2025
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\n\t\t\tThe adverse effects of increased economic integration on job quality can be mitigated by flexicurity policies.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The flipside of Piketty\u2019s analysis<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPaul de Beer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 May 2025
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\n\t\t\tPiketty largely ignores what the concentration of wealth means for decision-making on economic development. We should focus on distributing wealth, for example by making employees shareholders of their own companies.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Policy, not technology, is behind declines in job security<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJo Michell<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 May 2025
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\n\t\t\tInequality and declining job quality have been driven mainly by government policies, so reforming policy is now needed.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Creating jobs by investing in people<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tErik Bj\u00f8rsted<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t13 May 2025
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\n\t\t\tEurope has to start investing in people instead of destroying its growth potential if it wants to create more and better jobs.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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India\u2019s experience with the right to work<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJetti A. Oliver<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12 May 2025
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\n\t\t\tMaking people producers of goods is strategic for growth and development.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Half full or half empty?<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArthur Muliro<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12 May 2025
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\n\t\t\tWhat are the challenges, what are the options regarding youth unemployment in Africa?\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Europe needs structural skills-oriented labour market reforms<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJ\u00f6rg Peschner<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t24 April 2025
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\n\t\t\tWith a demographic shift ahead, Europe has to increase productivity and employment rates and structurally reform the labour market.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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From disposable labour to a different globalization<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnnemarie van de Vijsel<\/a>, Evert-jan Quak<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 24, 2025
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\n\t\t\tThe central theme of The Broker Day 2014 on 14 April was employment and inequality, and the structural macroeconomic problems underlying them. The main speaker was Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and deputy prime minister Lodewijk Assche…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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From \u2018black recession\u2019 towards green growth<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tB\u00e9la Galg\u00f3czi<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t17 April 2025
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\n\t\t\tMore green investment can stimulate growth and employment in a crisis-ridden Europe, and reverse recent negative trends in the climate change mitigation progress.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The labour market as a mechanism of social inclusion<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOscar Roberto Silva<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t11 April 2025
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\n\t\t\tThe following proposal is aimed at employment creation in the light of the alarming indices of labour market exclusion from which different parts of the world suffer.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The risk of a jobless recovery in Southern Europe<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJavier Andr\u00e9s<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t31 March 2025
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\n\t\t\tThe key to avoiding the risk of a jobless recovery in Southern Europe lies in the combination of wage flexibility and human capital accumulation.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Full employment: moral necessity and achievable goal<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGarry Jacobs<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, Ivo \u0160laus<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 March 2025
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\n\t\t\tRecognizing employment as a fundamental human right is the most important policy to promote full employment.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Boosting inclusive employment through impact sourcing<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChacko Kannothra<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, Stephan Manning<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18 March 2025
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\n\t\t\tImpact sourcing is a promising means to enhance employment and training opportunities for the poor and underprivileged.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Creating more decent work for women<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSher Verick<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t17 March 2025
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\n\t\t\tEmployment is a critical path to women\u2019s economic empowerment, but it is by no means a simple relationship.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Eliminating \u2018job hunger\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHerman Knudsen<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t13 March 2025
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\n\t\t\tElements of the decent work agenda can improve employment conditions worldwide, but current neo-liberalist policies are counterproductive.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 13, 2025
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\n\t\t\tThe Broker has started an online debate and a live discussion on how to tackle employment issues and further addressing the policies needed for an employment-generated economic growth. Can solutions be found within the current economic model, or&n…;\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Fragile employment<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnnemarie van de Vijsel<\/a>, Vanessa Nigten<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 12, 2025
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\n\t\t\tOver 200 million people worldwide are officially unemployed and looking for work. A much larger number of people, however, has a job, but one that is uncertain, unstable and precarious and does not help them out of poverty. Rising economic growth…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Focus on employment in economic strategies<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEvert-jan Quak<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 12, 2025
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\n\t\t\tTo solve the structural problems related to unemployment, a radical policy shift is needed. Innovation policies must focus on job-intensive sectors. Governments must curb free capital flows with more regulation and stimulate financial institutions…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Editorial: Employment needs more than GDP growth<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 12, 2025
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\n\t\t\tThe creation of more decent jobs should be central to economic policies. The prevailing assumption that GDP growth alone will generate more decent work is not valid. And it obstructs the creation of a society in which labour serves and dignifies b…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Job insecurity as the norm<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBertil Videt<\/a>, Dani\u00eblle de Winter<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 10, 2025
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\n\t\t\tA growing number of people in the industrialized world work under insecure employment conditions. This is due to increasing labour market flexibility, which has influenced the nature of employment and the related power relations. This fundamental…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Clarifying the global employment trends<\/a><\/h3>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEvert-jan Quak<\/a>, Annemarie van de Vijsel<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|
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\n\t\t\tWelcome to The Broker\u2019s dossier on employment. Global employment trends can be confusing. For example, they show an increase in the numbers of unemployed people while at the same time an increase in the amount of jobs. Population growth alone cann…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Resources on employment<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe international discussion on the changing nature of jobs and employment is taking place on many levels. The table here contains a number of institutional reports, research papers and other sources that The Broker\u2019s editors have found useful in…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe belief that economic growth\u2013 together with low inflation rates, technological innovations and good education\u2013is enough to create all the jobs a country needs, is in decline. The reality now is that technology is improving so fast that better e…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tIn many countries the share of labour in national income has declined over the last three decades. As a result, the low and middle-income groups of people who depend the most on wages for their income are crumbling. Meanwhile, the rich elites who…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tWho benefits or loses from globalization is no longer based on the sector in which one works or the skill group one belongs to. Ongoing technological innovations have enabled greater global competition for a number of jobs. The key challenge for i…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSocial protection schemes look very different across the world. They traditionally protect people from income fall after shocks. But some programmes have higher aims: increasing the economic opportunities and promoting the potential of those who a…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 22, 2025
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\n\t\t\tWith only a quarter of the world\u2019s population having access to social protection, the case for expanding it is gaining ground in international discussions. The debate focuses on how best to design social protection, whether it should be universal…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Rethinking migrant rights<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t3 and 4 October, the UN General Assembly in New York discusses the global governance of international migration and development. A key theme will be the \u201cmainstreaming of human rights into all aspects of the migration debate\u201d. With so few countrie…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tIn spite of the ongoing euro crisis, which does not leave much space for an ambitious global agenda, the EU remains a major global development actor.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMore than 80% of labour disputes in China are solved through mediation, but the processes do not eliminate the antagonism.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tEconomic growth should go hand in hand with an improvement in wage share and vice versa. However, current economic policy does not.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t17 June 2025
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\n\t\t\tA Glimpse Into Life Stories in the World\u2019s Factory – Part 2 on migrant workersFor ethical reasons relating to the author\u2019s ongoing research, the names of the town and the people in this article are all fictitious.In part 1 of this blog, I dis…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06 June 2025
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Challenging free trade theory<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t27 February 2025
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\n\t\t\tGiven the increase of income inequality over the past decades, legitimizing the global market on the basis of the proliferation of free trade is questionable. Reducing wage inequality would however challenge the very foundations of free trade theory.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t17 October 2025
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\n\t\t\tThe news is spreading: China\u2019s new generation of migrant workers in the booming export industry are roaring their voice. The number and intensity of protests is on the rise in China\u2019s urban industrial areas. Read for example Reuters\u2019 special repor…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tIn my address to the International Society for Ecological Economics I argued that to reduce ecological footprint and solve the unemployment crisis, hours of work should be reduced. This shares the available work and reduces pressure on eco-systems…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe ISEE 2010 Tuesday sessions by Tim Jackson and Juliet Schor hit on the heart of the economic model (accumulation, growth and consumerism) by proposing innovative visions of how to reform capitalism towards human well-being.Before the talk start…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDespite the lack of policy progress on climate change and ecosystem degradation there is no shortage of solutions currently on offer. While the specifics may differ, those getting most attention share one characteristic\u2014they focus on technological…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRebound effects and growth have been leading to a failure of the efficiency concept to deliver sustainability. How to overcome the addiction of society to growth?A 12 step method was proposed for a recovery process, including admitting the lock-in…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tIn developing countries, the current economic crisis has led to a decline in exports of goods such as textiles and to a reduction in foreign investments. However, exports of IT-related services could be on the increase.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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