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Light at the end of the tunnel – the end of the neoliberal era

For a long time, I've been seeking explanations to why we have been haunted by the neoliberal economic policies and new public management...

A roadmap for turning crisis into utopia*

By rethinking the economy and work, we could turn crisis into a utopia with a universal basic income. There is abundant research...

Freelancers – innocent victims of unfair labour laws and practices

The Covid pandemic has put many societal systems to a test. When considering how to go about the challenges we face, we have the...

Fixing economic absurdities

If we were to start from scratch to arrange how money should be supplied to a democratic society – "nobody in their right mind would...

A post-election agenda for democracy

A sense of relief swept over the globe when the nerve-racking US presidential election 2020 resulted in Joe Biden's victory over...

We're on a steep learning curve

As the citizenry, we need to understand that we've got a big role to play in shaping how the world will be governed in the future.

The pros and cons of the digital age

We live in a brave new world. Cultures are in flux. Doomsday prophesies and 'thanksgivings' compete in exclaiming the digital era.

Between euphoria and despair

With a changed view of work, we would hardly have unemployment. With a basic income, we would have money circulating where it's most needed.

Why we need basic income

A universal basic income could counterbalance injustices and undo knots in institutional structures that have passed their best before date.