The present crisis has shown that there is something wrong with the foundations of mainstream economics. For me, the main mistake was that the stock markets forgot that they were based in real life and real things, something already proved by the food crisis at the beginning of last year. Nowadays, economists seem to have…
Tag: Unemployment
Work after prison
Unemployment in Europe is quickly becoming a huge problem, which affects young people the most. For those coming from disadvantaged backgrounds the situation is even worse. Vincent was one of them. While serving a prison sentence, Vincent did trainings and prepared for work. Upon his release, Vincent, full of high hopes, applied for a job…
Youth, full employment and environmental protection
One of the goals of the Lisbon Strategy is to increase EU productivity, through, among other means, full employment. The question is to what extent full employment is feasible in the fight against climate change, given the already extreme need for a both ecological and socially fair development. To answer this question, we should first…