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"Is A Shrinking Population Always A Bad Thing?" by Adair Turner
Adair Turner Is a shrinking population always a bad thing? Judging by the lamentations of some economists and policymakers in the advanced economies, where people are living longer and birth rates have...
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"The Inequality Trifecta" by Mohamed A. El-Erian
Mohamed El-Erian There were quite a few disconnects at the recently concluded Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Among the most striking was the disparity between...
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"After Rana Plaza: Bottom Up Not Top Down To Ensure Workers Safety" by Henrik...
Henrik Maihack On the morning of the 24th of April 2013, the nine story Rana Plaza building collapsed, killing 1137 people, and injuring more than 2500 workers. Images of this tragic event were...
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"Reinvigorating Social Europe: The Four Areas Of Conflict" by Björn Hacker
Björn Hacker After years of prioritising the reinforcement of economic instruments to meet European budgetary targets, the debate on Social Europe has lately enjoyed something of a renaissance. This is...
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"Lessons From Rana Plaza: The Need For Global Regulation" by Maarten Keune
The Bangladesh garment industry has in recent years been affected by a number of terrible accidents, most notoriously the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in April 2013, resulting in the death of...
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"How Social Europe Is Destroyed – And What Can Be Done To Rebuild It" by...
Once upon a time, the European Commission dreamt of making the European economy ‘smart’ – by investing in education, research and innovation -, more ‘sustainable’ – by moving Europe into a low-carbon...
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"Workplace Injury Insurance Must Be Part Of The Rana Plaza Legacy" by Gilbert...
Gilbert Houngbo In the months since the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, which killed over 1,100 garment factory workers and injured some 2,500 more, there has been a concerted effort...
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"The Three Challenges of Social Europe" by Iain Begg
Iain Begg (photo: CC BY 2.0 Chatham House) Because of the depth, intensity and duration of the series of crises that have affected the EU over the last five years, fire-fighting and action to reform...
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"Labour Mobility Within The EU: The Real Picture" by John Hurley
John Hurley General and labour mobility across borders within the EU decreased sharply during the immediate crisis period in 2008–2010. There is consistent evidence of a rebound in mobility since 2011,...
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"Access To Healthcare In Times Of Crisis" by Hans Dubois
Hans Dubois The crisis has had an important impact on hugely complex healthcare systems, interacting with, and sometimes dominated by, other major drivers of change. Maintaining access to healthcare...
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