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By Bob Hanké Two recent pieces raise a series of important points about China’s ambitions in world trade and how it will get there. One looks ...more

The so called ‘capital key’ used by the European Central Bank is due to be reviewed, with two important meetings coming up on 6 and 13 ...more

Philippe Pochet of the ETUI and LSE sets out what we can expect to see in labour markets, the economy and society as a result ...more

This week is the first anniversary of the European Pillar of Social Rights. We are reposting the second of our series of blogs on the ...more

This week marks the first birthday of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Here, we are republishing a blog written by Zane Rasnača of the ...more

In the controversy on CETA, TTIP, and the imminent trade war, politics and economics intersect. Traditional neoclassical economics treat free trade as a one-way mechanism ...more

Toon van Overbeke of the LSE reflects on the ongoing debate about the consequences of automation for the future of work. He argues that as ...more

Fiscally, the Eurozone is far from implosion. On average, public debt remains absolutely manageable. The political implications of the debt blame-game are more worrying, argues ...more

Bob Hancké of the London School of Economics examines the wage effects of the gig economy and the potential need for improved regulation and adapted social security systems that ...more

The vote to leave the EU and the administrative chaos around it pull into focus a crisis the UK should have been talking about before: the failures ...more