Social Europe

1 week ago | socialeurope.eu | Jatinder Hayre

COVID spotlighted inequality. Europe must act—or lose a generation to austerity’s long shadow and policy neglect. The COVID‑19 pandemic did not create inequality: it merely switched on floodlights over a landscape already scarred by austerity. My latest book, The Lost Generation of COVID‑19, charts how a decade of fiscal retrenchment hollowed out the social determinants of health: schools, welfare, housing — and left the youngest in society uniquely exposed.

1 week ago | socialeurope.eu | Jatinder Hayre

The Spring issue of The Progressive Post is out!Since President Trump’s inauguration, the US – hitherto the cornerstone of Western security – is destabilising the world order it helped to build. The US security umbrella is apparently closing on Europe, Ukraine finds itself less and less protected, and the traditional defender of free trade is now shutting the door to foreign goods, sending stock markets on a rollercoaster. How will the European Union respond to this dramatic landscape change? .

2 weeks ago | socialeurope.eu | Stefan Stern

A romantic Brexit reset? UK and EU edge closer to ending their brief but painful post-referendum encounter. In 1945 post-war Britain was moved (and entertained) by a celebrated romantic movie called “Brief Encounter”. It starred Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, and told the story of a forbidden, whirlwind romance which (spoiler alert) ends unhappily. It is possibly the most British film ever made – directed by David Lean, and scripted by Noel Coward.

3 weeks ago | socialeurope.eu | Nouriel Roubini

Markets, innovation, and AI are overpowering Trump’s chaos—and pushing America toward 4% growth, recession or not. The historic protests which have swept America were long overdue, not just as a response to racism and police violence but also as a revolt against entrenched plutocracy. The International Monetary Fund and others have recently revised downward their forecasts for global growth – yet again. Little wonder: The world economy has few bright spots – and many that are dimming rapidly.

3 weeks ago | socialeurope.eu | Nouriel Roubini

Markets, innovation, and AI are overpowering Trump’s chaos—and pushing America toward 4% growth, recession or not. Last December, I argued that while some of US President Donald Trump’s policies would be stagflationary (reducing growth and raising inflation), such effects would ultimately be mitigated by four factors: market discipline, an independent US Federal Reserve, the president’s own advisers, and the Republicans’ thin majorities in Congress. The script has played out as predicted.