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Category Archives: Business
Jan 19 2017
Rerouting Globalisation: from economic to human development
Comments Off on Rerouting Globalisation: from economic to human developmentΒy Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso When the different stages of a production process are carried out in different countries, a form of global integration is being developed. The global integration of the production process is usually understood as economic … Continue reading
Posted by: January 19, 2017
Tagged with: China, Economic cycles, economic development, flexicurity, globalisation, growth, human capital, Neoliberalism, unemployment, USA
Dec 16 2016
Windfall Revenues in Europe: What’s Next?
Comments Off on Windfall Revenues in Europe: What’s Next?By Juergen Braunstein, Marion Labouré and Julius Sen European countries need to start thinking of what to do with windfall tax revenues from multinationals. We argue that there is a need to create a structure addressing the risks relating to … Continue reading
Posted by: December 16, 2016
Tagged with: apple, Ireland, luxembourg, tax, taxation, windfall tax
Oct 4 2016
The Great Stagnation
1 CommentBy Marion Labouré and Juergen Braunstein The recent Brexit vote, as well as high uncertainty around a number of upcoming elections (e.g., the 2016 US and 2017 French presidential elections), are only symptoms of a larger underlying problem. Voting for … Continue reading
Posted by: October 4, 2016
Tagged with: Euro crisis, Inequality, recession, stagnation, Sweden, top 1%
Mar 19 2015
Corporate Social Responsibility in an Era of Economic Crisis: Empty Gesture or Tool for Corporate Learning?
Comments Off on Corporate Social Responsibility in an Era of Economic Crisis: Empty Gesture or Tool for Corporate Learning?By Alvise Favotto and Kelly Kollman The social legitimacy of business actors in EU member states has waxed and waned over the past two decades. Levels of trust in business, as recorded in public opinion polls, tend to increase … Continue reading
Posted by: March 19, 2015
Tagged with: CSR, environment, European business, European Union, human rights, legitimacy, TNCs, Transparency
Jan 7 2014
Youth Unemployment: A Crisis on Top of Another Crisis
1 CommentBy Terence Tse The financial crisis of 2008 devastated national economies around the world. We are still recovering. But the spotlight is only now beginning to be shone on one issue that could fracture national economies again—the youth unemployment crisis. Many … Continue reading
Posted by: January 7, 2014
Tagged with: education, growth, labour markets, unemployment, youth unemployment
May 1 2013
Managing a European Recovery: The Case for Public Spending for an Energy Transition
5 CommentsBy Afzal Siddiqui and Max Hänska* The public debate about a European economic recovery has atrophied in a stimulus vs. austerity, north vs. south blame game. Far too little attention is devoted to the question into which kind of investments … Continue reading
Posted by: May 1, 2013
Tagged with: Afzal Siddiqui, Blame, Crisis, Energy Transition, Eurozone crisis, Recovery, Renewables, Stimulus