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Rethinking Clientelism and Income Security: How a Job Guarantee & UBI Can Transform Our Society

May 1, 2020 · Nicole Meilak ·

Democratic economic policies like job guarantee schemes and a universal basic income could address two key issues at once—clientelism and economic precarity.

Tagged With: care economy, care jobs, clientelism, job guarantee, Universal Basic Income

‘Housing for Everyone!’ or the Rebel with a Plan. A Tribute to Joseph Bartolo

April 8, 2020 · Kurt Xerri ·

Finding a solution to the housing affordability problem amid a frenetic property boom was no easy task. Willingness to challenge the neoliberal establishment is not enough. To achieve that, progressive policy makers must also possess the economic proficiency and the political acumen. This person was Joseph Bartolo.

Tagged With: housing, neoliberalism, social housing, White Paper

Enter the Dragon: New Global Economic Order and What It Means For Europe

June 17, 2019 · Roderick Kefferpütz ·

The world economy has become the key battleground for geopolitical hegemony between the US and China. The EU is facing a tough balancing act.

Tagged With: European Union, geopolitics, global economy

Care Economy: the Future of Work and Gender Equality

June 10, 2019 · Abigail Muscat ·

Appreciating care work is one of the best ways of achieving social equality between men and women.

Tagged With: economy, gender equality, gender roles

Beyond the Choke Hold of Growth: Post-growth or Radical Degrowth?

May 21, 2019 · Riccardo Mastini, Giorgos Kallis & Tim Jackson ·

Happiness and well-being became economised and enshrined through financial architecture of gross domestic product. The religiosity with which we now think about growth and GDP is directly linked to religion itself, because we no longer have God to save us.

Tagged With: degrowth, economic growth, economy, post-growth

Is Buying or Renting an Apartment in Malta a Good Deal?

March 16, 2019 · Jacqueline Rotin ·

Despite the spike in prices, apartments’ safety standards have not improved. We are not paying more because we are living in safer, more comfortable units. Neither does the increase in price correspond to better design nor larger size of dwellings.

Tagged With: economy, housing, safety, wellbeing

Democratizing Europe’s Economy

March 11, 2019 · Niccolò Milanese ·

European Union has everything to gain by showing it’s on the side of workers, improving their everyday workplace experience, and fostering collaboration with others; by doing this, the EU would do much to lessen the alienation currently exploited by the populist right.

Tagged With: democracy, European Union, worker's rights

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