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Greece in the Deadlock of the Troika’s Austerity Trap by Giorgos Argitis

“…In 2010 Greece was incapable of raising funds from the private bond markets to meet its financial commitments linked to its accumulated public debt. Greece’s…”
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Trade Unions, Free Trade and the Problem of Transnational Solidarity by Andreas Bieler

“…Tensions between European trade unions and unions from the global South over international free trade developed into an open confrontation during the talks…”
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Where is Decent Work in DfID Policy?: Marketisation and Securitisation of UK International Aid by Phoebe V. Moore

“…Nothing is spared. Even international development policy is marketised and securitised in the United Kingdom. Outreach to areas of the world suffering from…”
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Trade Unions, Globalisation and Internationalism by Ronaldo Munck

“…This chapter reports on recent research around the relationship between trade unions and internationalisation in the context of globalisation. It argues for a…”
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Rana Plaza: Private Governance and Corporate Power in Global Supply Chains by Tandiwe Gross

“…With a death toll of over 1,120 people and more than 2,500 people injured, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in 2013 is one of the worst…”
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State Funding of Research and the Narrowing of Economics in the United Kingdom by Frederic Sterling Lee

“…In 1986, the United Kingdom instituted an exercise through which the allocation of state research funds to universities and their departments was based on the…”
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From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics by Thomas I. Palley

“…Marshall McLuhan, the famed philosopher of media, wrote: ‘We shape our tools and they in turn shape us.’ His insight also applies to the economy which is…”
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Outcome? by Carol Jess

“…The film industry is an important part of New Zealand culture and a source of patriotic pride, particularly since the successes of Peter Jackson and Weta…”
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The National Pact to Eradicate Slave Labour in Brazil: A Useful Tool for Unions? by Lisa Carstensen, Siobhán McGrath

“…In 2012 two major clothing retailers, the Spanish group Zara and the Brazilian Marisa, were suspended from membership of the Brazilian ‘National Pact to…”
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Constructing an anti-Neoliberal Analysis to Arrive at Truly Alternative Alternatives by Salimah Valiani

“…For the past few decades the world economy has been shifting through radical restructuring and reorganisation. Within this context, the ‘anti- globalisation’,…”
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The Economic Crisis and Job Quality in Europe: Some Worrying Trends and Worse May be to Come by Janine Leschk, Andrew Watt

“…The economic crisis has had a dramatic and lasting impact on labour markets worldwide. Seven years into the crisis the global labour market remains deeply…”
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Rank and File Participation and International Union Democracy by Vasco Pedrina

“…Trade union democracy and active rank and file participation are two sides of the same coin, both nationally and internationally. Historically, trade unions…”
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Europe’s Lost Decade: Paths out of Stagnation by Hansjörg Herr

“…The Great Recession of 2008–10 reflects an economic instability that had built up over the previous decades. Within the European Monetary Union (EMU), the…”
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The Crisis, Structural Reform and the Fortification of Neoliberalism in Europe by Christoph Hermann

“…Even though the crisis that erupted in 2008 was widely credited as failure of neoliberalism, the ensuing fiscal crisis presented an unexpected opportunity to…”
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A Site of Struggle: Organised Labour and Domestic Worker Organising in Mozambique by Ruth Castel-Branco

“…Although rooted in colonialism, domestic work has become a hallmark of modern urban living in Mozambique. There are more than 39,000 registered domestic…”
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The ECB’s Misleading Understanding of the Euro Crisis by Carlo D’Ippoliti

“…Economists are still divided on the identification of the ‘ultimate causes’ of the euro crisis. Perhaps a mix of the two most diffused theses seems to be the…”
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Modelling a Global Union Strategy: The Arena of Global Production Networks, Global Framework Agreements and Trade Union Networks by Michael Fichter

“…For the past decades of economic globalisation, unions around the world have been on the defensive; their role as voices of the political and economic…”
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Tax for Equity (T4E): Getting Wages Back on Track by Frank Hoffer

“…During the last few decades productivity gains have not been shared fairly in most societies. The resulting growth in inequality has been one of the root…”
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Globalisation and Taxation: Trends and Consequences by Ilan Strauss

“…To misuse Marx’s often quoted phrase: governments are in love with tax revenue but ‘the course of true love never did run smooth’. Having a healthy tax…”
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We are Steaming Ahead: NUMSA’s Road to the Left by Karl Cloete

“…The expulsion of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in November 2014 was a…”
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