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Jan 24, 2022

EU-Commission: Platforms like Uber, Mjam and others should hire employees

Digital platforms profit from the self-exploitation and bogus self-employment of their “employees”. The EU Commission is now proposing guidelines for European countries to prevent this. The aim is to control working conditions with the aim of employing suppliers and other bogus self-employed workers. What is the problem? – Bogus self-employment and self-exploitationPrecarious working

Jan 18, 2022

Chile’s new President Boric: Tax the rich and more money for the welfare state

With over 55 percent of the vote, leftist Gabriel Boric was elected the new president of Chile – and the youngest in the country’s history. His goal: to move away from authoritarian politics – and towards empowering the people. On top of that, he wants to tax the rich and corporations and more

Dec 9, 2021

Windows Interview – Lorenzo Vita

Le evoluzioni economico finanziarie, militari, politiche, degli ultimi dieci anni hanno dato vita a un ordine mondiale fatto di nuove alleanze e strategie orientate a nuovi poteri, generati da materie prime, tecnologia e logistica. Il focus di attenzione dei mercati è ora spostato a Oriente, ma la Turchia cerca di diventare attore protagonista

Dec 7, 2021

LGBTQ activist Sarah McBride becomes first transgender Senator in the USA

30-year-old Sarah McBride was elected to the state parliament of Delaware with a majority of 73 percent of the votes. The first transgender senator advocates a socially just health policy, paid sick leave and the rights of queer people. After her great electoral success, McBride published a thank you note on Twitter to

Nov 23, 2021

Il Valore dei Valori nei Cambiamenti intergenerazionali

Una Generazione è un concetto più ampio del solo intervallo anagrafico: comprende la storia, la cultura, i miti, le aspirazioni di quel periodo, fattori che influenzano la crescita, il modo di vedere il mondo, di comportarsi, di comunicare, di relazionarsi con gli altri e di approcciarsi al lavoro. Ogni momento storico, quindi ogni

Nov 23, 2021

The Value of Values in intergenerational changes

A Generation is a broader concept than just the age range: it includes the history, culture, myths, aspirations of that period, factors that influence growth, the way of seeing the world, of behaving, of communicating, of relating with others and to approach work. Every historical moment, therefore, every Generation, identifies its own Values and

Nov 17, 2021

Brexit fish wars: history explains why France and the UK get so angry about access to the seas

A scene from the First Anglo-Dutch War, from British Battles on Land and Sea, by James Grant. falkensteinfoto/Alamy Richard Blakemore, University of Reading A dispute between Britain and France about fishing territories has escalated rapidly. French authorities detained a British trawler on Thursday, October 28, and Britain promptly summoned the French ambassador for

Nov 10, 2021

How to survive working from home

How to survive working from home: Four winning conditions for companies AND employees After 1,5 years of the pandemic, people are leaving their home offices and are allowed to return to their usual workspace. But many of the new remote workers don’t feel like going back to business as usual. Working from home

Nov 5, 2021

Changes in Irish food behaviour and potential implications due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Consumers’ food choice decisions are generally relatively stable over time; consumers engage in habitual decision-making due to the high frequency of such decisions for efficiency reasons. As a result, habits are strong predictors of eating behaviour. However, changes in the life of the individual or the external environment can result in more conscious

Nov 3, 2021

Socialism in the US: As American as Coca Cola

In the US, politicians like Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez inspire millions of people – although they represent classic social democratic politics and even use the word “socialism” in their speeches. The fact that the US is more than turbo-capitalism and apple pie is also shown by the strong civil society that organizes

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