The proposed merger between car-makers Fiat-Chrysler and Renault highlights what is likely to be a growing trend in Europe over the next five years: devising and implementing an EU-wide industrial policy to take on the twin challenge of American and Chinese striving for corporate hegemony.Industrial policy in the UK in recent years has been little more than tokenism on the … [Read more...] about An industrial strategy for Europe
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Basic income no, job guarantee yes
There has been a buzz recently about the idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) and why it could be a solution to technological unemployment.VOX reported a few days ago that Y Combinator, a start-up incubator, is about to start a five-year research project on how a UBI could work. Noah Kulwin over at re/code also has a useful article on this including a broad overview over … [Read more...] about Basic income no, job guarantee yes