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Current negotiations between the EU and Cyprus’s government towards a bailout deal for over-indebted Cyprus could lead to an important confession from the troika: yes, private investors must and can pay the price of the crisis.
» Read moreThere is a simple solution for managing a public banking sector recapitalization without merely giving a free lunch to bankers : distribute equity to the People.
» Read moreRecent gay marriage debate in France unveils the rise of moral values as pretexts for ruling political debate.
» Read moreLast European Social forum was a failure in terms of convergence. How can Europeans citizens and civil society organization can join their forces for a another Europe? Here are few ideas on how to improve the next european social forum. Ten days ago, I was attending Firenze 10+10, the seventh European Social Forum. This event was held ten years after the first
» Read moreBeyond the fight for better labor rights, Trade Unions must widen their vision, work on tackling mass-unemployment by defending the unemployed as long as the workers.
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Guy Standing is Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath and a founder member and co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), a non-governmental organisation that promotes a citizenship income for all. He worked at the International Labor Organization as researcher for many years and is author of “The Precariat — the new dangerous class”, published in in
» Read moreUnder the slogan “You are not a loan, you are not alone,” Occupy Wall Street’s “Strike Debt” group is aiming to inject life into a resistance movement against debt repayment. The operation is gaining worldwide support, and could very well revive the protest movement which was born a year ago. Read more on Global Voices
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My last piece for OuiShare is about how collaborative economy is destroying jobs, and what we can do about it.
» Read moreGiving money to everyone without conditions is often said to be morally hazardous. Sadly though, this argument looks like another symptom of the famous Stockholm syndrom.
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The old “helicopter money” idea of printing money and distributing it to everyone is the obvious solution to avoid another recession. But it will take more than rational arguments to get there.
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