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Re-thinking economics at the IMF!

Economists could benefit from greater engagement with the ideas of philosophers, historians, and sociologists, just as Adam Smith once did. The philosophers, historians, and sociologists would likely benefit.

Angus Deaton

Rethinking Economics or Rethinking My Economics by Angus Deaton (imf.org)

Paying CEOs or Paying Taxes?

Corporate tax dodging and CEO pay have both gotten so far out of control that a significant number of major U.S. companies are paying their top executives more than they’re paying Uncle Sam. 

Corporations That Pay Their Executives More Than Uncle Sam – Inequality.org

Euromemo Group

Our Group has been in existence since the mid-1990s.  Our main activity consists of an annual conference and the publication of a collectively written annual report.  We review and critique the economic, social and ecological policies of the EU as well as propose alternatives from a fair, inclusive and socially/ecologically sustainable perspective.

Read the newest report: https://euromemo.eu/euromemorandum-2024/ 

Why Inequality matters…

… and what to do about it?

There is an elephant in the room. Stocks of wealth – assets such as property, savings, and investments that can be given a monetary value – have soared in recent decades. According to the Wealth Inequality Database, average wealth in the UK has doubled from £100k per head in 1985 to £200k per head in 2021. To put this another way, it took several millennia for wealth in Britain to reach the £100k threshold. And then, a mere 36 years later, this stock of wealth had doubled: a bonanza unprecedented in human history.

Why wealth inequality matters – and what to do about it! | LSE Inequalities

Social protection for Peace

On International Women’s Day, we publish this superimportant report from the FAO, because indeed peace is not possible without social justice!

cc9175en.pdf (fao.org)

Needed: a Job Guarantee

A job guarantee would not only eliminate long-term unemployment but also buttress the European Union.

Insecure Europe—a job guarantee needed (socialeurope.eu)

Robots and social care

What about the human touch?

‘Carebots’ are the mooted solution to the ageing crisis and staff shortages—but empathy and compassion are irreplaceable.

Robots in social care: the human touch at risk (socialeurope.eu)

Lessons from 100 years of social protection

ILO’s second volume on the history of social protection!

Building Resilient Social Protection Systems through Integrated Policies: Lessons from 100 years of social protection | socialprotection.org

Workers should have no rights!

Ban the Unions! They mean it!

America’s Richest Men Ask the Courts to Make Unions Illegal – The American Prospect

WTO unfit for purpose

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is meeting  in Abu Dhabi from 26-29 February 2024 for its 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) when peasant unrest is being reported from across the world. Since January 2023, farmers have been protesting in at least 65 countries including Africa, Europe and Latin America. In Asia, more than 10 countries have witnessed mobilisations by peasants in the run-up to the four-day conference which will bring together delegates and Ministers from 164 countries to discuss issues related to fisheries, agriculture and digital trade. 

STATEMENT: WTO is unfit for purpose in an era of multiple crises; It is time for an Alternative International Trade Framework based on Food Sovereignty | Focus on the Global South (focusweb.org)

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