The End of the Working Class and What Comes Next
The working class was a creation of the industrial era. The challenge is finding valuable contributions for it descendants to make.
The working class was a creation of the industrial era. The challenge is finding valuable contributions for it descendants to make.
The president expects his approval rating to recover once liberalizations bear fruit.
The Frenchman argues rules must change to make Europeans feel the EU works for them.
The president obsesses about dying industries, but pays no attention to retail and tech.
A pledge to raise public investment, but no convincing plan to plug Germany’s skills gap.
The changes aren’t overly ambitious and stand a good chance of being rubber-stamped by parliament.
Even business-friendly liberal parties want more security for workers.
The Labor Party leader rallies left-wing parties behind a program to protect workers’ rights.
It’s not that the French strike more. It’s that when they do, they are louder and adamant.
Ten Central European nations plus Denmark resist changes that could make their workers less competitive.
Socialist Party leaders bypass opposition from within their own party to liberalize the French labor market.
The jobless rate is slowly coming down, but young Italians still struggle to find stable employment
Liberalizations that could have given especially small businesses some breathing space are canceled.
President François Hollande risks splitting his party by resuming efforts to shake up a sclerotic labor market.
Many immigrants from the Middle East lack the skills they need to work in a rich country like Germany.