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In recent decades, the German state has decreased industrial support. This blog examines the politics of restructuring German industrial capitalism.
Globalisation should not – indeed, must not – be abandoned, but it needs to be rebuilt around a new normative framework of ‘re-embedded post-neoliberalism’
This blog explores whether the post-2008 period opened-up a new space for public development banking in emerging economies.
This blog by Scott Lavery, Inga Rademacher and Victoria Stadheim examines how industrial development might be re-shaped in this ‘post-crash world’.
The German economic downturn raises questions about the largest European economy but, more importantly, over the future of the Eurozone and Europe
New research by Matt Wood, Ivanka Antova, Mark Flear and Tamara Hervey explores people’s reactions to the claim that leaving the EU will enable £350 million a week to be spent on the NHS.
More expansionary fiscal and monetary policies are needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, argues Rick Rowden
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s AKP party lost support in recent local elections. Merve Sancak looks at the factors influencing the decline in their popularity.
Ethical standards governing labour in supply chains are increasingly common in the global South. How do they differ from previous generations of standards?
The Living Wage has gained popularity as a minimum wage response in the UK. But can it contribute to the wider debate on fair pay?