Britain’s rigid, elaborate system of class distinctions may have a long pedigree, but that doesn’t make it respectable. The head of one of the UK’s largest unions, Frances O’Grady of the TUC, has made an impassioned plea to end employer prejudice against job applicants […]
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Ten years after crisis Europe is sort of the same, also worse
A decade after the global financial crisis and ensuing economic downturn, how has Europe changed? Well, not as much as you might expect, according to Matthew Edwards, writing for the Austrian Economics Center. Analyzing data from the OECD and Eurostat, Edwards finds surprisingly little difference from pre-crisis conditions… and unfortunately what has changed […]
Swiss on wrong track with early retirement
Like many developed countries, Switzerland is facing a long-term demographic crunch that threatens to contract the labor market and undermine social pension funding. So it’s a little surprising that the Swiss Federal Council is considering a proposal that would effectively allow older workers to retire seven years earlier than currently, at the age […]