840,000 deaths a year linked to psychosocial risks at work New global report shows how poorly designed or managed work, including high demands, long hours, and job insecurity in poorly managed workplaces are damaging workers’ health and the economy.

''The first is data on[...] psychosocial risk factors at work: job strain [...], effort–reward imbalance, job insecurity, long working hours, and workplace bullying and harassment. The second is scientific research showing how these risks increase the likelihood of serious health conditions [...]''

''Compared with the fourth quarter of 2024, the government debt to GDP ratio increased in both the euro area (from 87.0% to 87.8%) and the EU (from 80.7% to 81.7%). At the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, the general government debt was made up of 84.1% debt[...]''
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Euro area government deficit at 2.9% and EU at 3.1% of GDP Overview In the euro area (EA20) the government deficit to GDP ratio decreased from 3.0% in 2024 to 2.9% in 2025. In the EU, it remained unchanged at 3.1%, the same level as in 2024. In the euro area ...

''The Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the EC Treaty, defines government deficit (surplus) as the net borrowing (net lending) of the whole general government sector (central government, state government, local government and social security funds). It is calculated [...]'' #GDP

“People Just Don’t Care”: ‘Leaving Neverland’ Director on Why Michael Jackson Won the Court of Public Opinion Seven years after his explosive HBO doc, Dan Reed watches Hollywood cash in on a man he calls "worse than Jeffrey Epstein" with the biopic 'Michael' — and explains why nobody seems to mind.

''I learned Michael Jackson fucked little boys. That’s what I learned. I don’t make documentaries about celebrities or pop music or any kind of music. I make documentaries about terror attacks and war and stuff. And so as a filmmaker, this was off my usual beat, but I saw it as a chance to [...]''

The Jewish Labor Bund Stood Against Zionism Molly Crabapple’s new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country, recovers the story of the Jewish Labor Bund — a socialist movement that opposed both assimilation and Zionism, and whose warnings about e...

''Most vitally, they argued against both assimilation and Zionism. Their place was among the working class of all creeds and races in the country where they resided, which at this time was the Pale of Settlement, the western part of the Russian Empire where Jews were allowed to live. Autonomy[...]''

The Real Cost of War – Levy Economics Institute of Bard College The press is full of stories on the cost of President Trump’s war of choice against Iran—said to be running at $2 billion a day. With an on-again, off-again ceasefire,...more

''On one hand, that spending provided a continuous “Keynesian stimulus” by raising demand that kept the nation’s factories humming.[...]However, as Minsky [.]used to argue, military Keynesianism funneled spending to the most advanced sectors of the economy—[...], and so added inflation pressure.''

Die Weltbank wirft die Leiter weg Der neue Weltbank-Report Industrial Policy for Development analysiert zentrale Determinanten wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung mit Fokus auf Produktivität, Ressourcenallokation und institutionelle Qualität...

''Der Washington Consensus argumentiert dagegen: Subventionen und Zölle führen zu Korruption und unrentablen Staatsbetrieben. [...] Handelsregeln so zu definieren, dass staatliche Eingriffe (die „Leiter“) als illegal oder marktverzerrend gelten. Doch diese Auffassung steht deutlich in der Kritik.''

América Latina frente al nuevo tablero global | Nueva Sociedad En un escenario internacional marcado por la disputa entre potencias, la erosión del regionalismo y la presión creciente de Estados Unidos, Guadalupe González y Monica Hirst analizan el lugar de Améri...

''Por último, hay otra clave importante: hoy la autonomía parece estar cada vez más asociada a beneficios tangibles para las personas. Ya no funciona como un tipo ideal ni como un símbolo vacío. La política exterior empieza a pensarse, más bien, en función de dos criterios muy concretos: por[...]''

New data reveals what drives economic transformation – and where gaps persist UNCTAD statistics show how countries are building productive capacities – and why progress remains uneven.

''Productive capacities are the combination of resources, skills[..] between economic actors[...]The PCI measures how well countries can produce goods and services by assessing 43 indicators across eight key areas,including human capital,infrastructure,energy,institutions and the private sector.''

Emergence Is Not Engineering | NOEMA The universe creatively sets the rules for its own becoming.

''A Kantian Whole has the property that the whole exists for and by means of the parts. The reader of this interview is a Kantian Whole. As the whole, you exist by means of your parts[...]. A crystal is not a Kantian Whole. Its parts, the atoms, exist whether or not they are parts of the crystal.''

What Does it Mean to Work Under Algorithmic Eyes? AI surveillance and algorithmic management threaten worker autonomy and dignity. It’s time for a rethinking of rights. Part of “AI and the Future of the American Worker,” a series on how artificial in...

''It’s also a health issue. AI watching generates anticipatory stress: you worry about how every action might be interpreted in the future. This can lead to burnout, weakened imaginative capacity, and even physical symptoms. Alex Rosenblat has written of AI bosses which, in addition to [...]'' #AI

Laura K. Field: „Die MAGA-Bewegung ist kein unvermeidlicher Auswuchs des amerikanischen Konservatismus“ Donald Trump ist dabei, den US-amerikanischen Konservatismus radikal zu verändern. Intellektuelle Inspirationen mag er selbst nicht haben, andere in der MAGA-Bewegung allerdings schon. Im Gespräch erl...

''Aber es hat auch seinen Reiz, sich mit der Raffiniertheit und Schönheit dieser kanonischen Werke auseinanderzusetzen, anstatt sie zu dekonstruieren oder historisch zu kontextualisieren und sie auf diese Weise zu relativieren. Der strausssche Ansatz hat zwar eine sektenhafte und verschroben [...]''

Stablecoins: framing the debate Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at a Bank of Japan seminar, Tokyo, 20 April 2026.

''[...]what are stablecoins? In brief,they are cryptoassets that aim to maintain a stable value against a reference asset,most commonly the US dollar. For fiat currency-pegged stablecoins, the promise of redemption at a fixed price means their appeal hinges on the trust in the underlying currency.''

''[...]dass er kein bloßer Theoretiker im Elfenbeinturm war, sondern Krisenmanager,Kunstmäzen und einer der schärfsten prominenten Kritiker des blinden Marktglaubens. Er lehrte,dass Wirtschaft kein Naturgesetz ist,sondern Gestaltungswillen und Gestaltungsmacht braucht.'' makroskop.eu/142026/ein-a...

The man who saw the future: the legacy of cultural theorist Mark Fisher Touching on everything from late-stage capitalism to Adele, the work of the late writer is proving increasingly influential. Now a documentary on him is looking to live up to his ideals

''Analysing popular culture with an intense sincerity,Fisher employed criticism as a tool for political consciousness-raising, fostering public conversation in the process: he championed the art and ethos of grassroots electronic musician Burial; chastised Adele and Arctic Monkeys as examples[...]''

Everything is a Scam Our economy allows poor and working people to be shafted every day- does anyone care?

''[...]It’s not[...]fair or[.]we like it,but it is familiar. We’ve long been left to navigate these cons alone,paying“risk mitigation” fees to property owners and overdraft fees to banks. We’ve long been told it’s our problem to figure out. All these cons are perfectly legal, but cons nonetheless.''

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Introducing: The Story of Money A new video podcast from The FT exploring the history of finance

''From unregulated frontier banking experiments in 19th-century America to institutionalised debt forgiveness in ancient Mesopotamia, The Story of Money traces how financial systems evolve —and why [.] patterns often repeat— offering context for everything from market cycles to emerging AI trends.''

Wolfgang Koeppen—“Poet of Failure” The German writer’s postwar works were ruthless in their condemnation of a country that, in its inability to reckon with historical atrocity, was beyond reform.

''So much had happened that he had the impression he had just been standing still and hadn’t made any progress; the catastrophes he had witnessed, the momentous events, historical decline, the dawning of new epochs whose parting gleam or bloody rise (who could tell?) had tinted and tanned his[...]''

Quién es Peter Thiel, el magnate que viajó a la isla de Epstein, no cree en la democracia y se va a reunir con Javier Milei Fue confundador de PayPal y el primer inversor externo de Facebook. Una historia ligada al libertarismo de extrema derecha y a la homofobia.

''Nacido en Frankfurt, Alemania, en 1967, Thiel se mudó con su familia a Estados Unidos y luego a Namibia, que en ese momento estaba bajo el régimen de apartheid de Sudáfrica. Allí asistió a una escuela alemana de disciplina estricta, entorno que él identifica como el origen de sus ideas [...]''

El 60% de los niños en la Argentina es pobre y el 30% no come regularmente, alertó la UCA Un análisis de la institución advirtió que la indigencia se ubicó en el 10,7% mientras la pobreza en poco más del 50%. Si bien se observó una baja en los últimos dos años, las privaciones y las fuerte...

''En 2010, la pobreza afectaba al 45,2% de los niños y adolescentes, mientras entre 2011 y 2012 disminuyó levemente (35,7% y 38,4%),pero a partir de allí inició un período de deterioro casi ininterrumpido, con picos en 2020-2021 (alrededor del 64-65%)y un máximo histórico en 2023 (62,9%).'' #pobreza

AI Displacement Simulator Check AI displacement risk for every US county and occupation. 351,828 documented jobs affected across 78 companies. See where your job stands through 2040.

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Proyectan que caerá un 3% la superficie de trigo por el fuerte aumento de los insumos La Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos Aires proyecta 6,5 millones de hectáreas. Aunque el clima juega a favor, se deterioró la relación insumo-producto, especialmente la urea.

''La Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos Aires proyectó para la campaña de trigo una superficie sembrada de 6,5 millones de hectáreas, lo que representa una caída interanual del 3%, aunque se ubica 2,8% por encima del promedio de las últimas cinco campañas. La relación insumo-producto aparece como [...]''

Según un informe privado, la deuda en moneda extranjera subió US$24.800 millones desde que asumió Milei Un estudio de la consultora 1816 muestra que el stock del Tesoro y el Banco Central sumado alcanzó los US$211.800 millones al cierre del primer trimestre; el Gobierno canceló vencimientos de Globales ...

''[...]oficiales de la Secretaría de Finanzas, el stock bruto del Estado Nacional—que incluye tanto deuda en moneda extranjera como en pesos—ascendió a US$483.830 millones a fin de marzo, un incremento de US$11.715 millones solo en ese mes y equivalente a US$28.763 millones en el primer trimestre.''

Bestechung? Wegen Javier Milei bangt Argentiniens Krypto-Szene um Krisenprofite Fünf Millionen Dollar Bestechungsgeld – Argentiniens Präsident Javier Milei gerät durch Enthüllungen im „$Libra“-Skandal in Bedrängnis. Auch die Kryptowährungs-Lobby bangt: Das südamerikanische Land g...

''Anfang April erkannte die argentinische Wertpapieraufsichtsbehörde bestimmte Kryptowährungen, darunter Ether, als Teil des persönlichen Nettovermögens von Anlegern an, wodurch Krypto-Anleger faktisch als „qualifizierte Anleger“ gelten und somit Zugang zu komplexeren Finanzprodukten erhalten.''

Frenkel, el economista que formó a Milei, sugirió 3 cambios en el plan del Gobierno: “Esto no es sostenible ni durable” Referente académico y exprofesor del Presidente, Roberto Frenkel cuestionó la sostenibilidad del programa económico y advirtió sobre los riesgos de repetir errores del pasado

''Su análisis añade que, a pesar del éxito inicial del plan de Milei tras la “maxi devaluación” —un camino similar al recorrido por Martínez de Hoz—, la etapa expansiva solo perdura “hasta que el financiamiento externo encuentra su límite”. La reducción del déficit fiscal, lograda en parte [...]''

''Mexican domestic politics, specifically, experienced a “conservative turn” in the late 1920s. Facing external and internal threats and crises, the postrevolutionary government looked to stabilize domestic political life, and transnational enclaves concentrated in Mexico City became an easy[...]''

Argentinien: Warum einfache Zahlen klare Urteile zulassen - Relevante Ökonomik Es ist kaum zu fassen, was alles zu Argentinien und seinem libertären Präsidenten verbreitet wird. Der Artikel, den Patrick Kaczmarczyk und ich vor einiger Zeit geschrieben haben, hat für besonders vi...

''Das ist noch keine Katastrophe nach argentinischen Maßstäben, muss aber für jeden vernünftigen Menschen ein klares Zeichen dafür sein, dass die Regierung in Sachen Inflationsbekämpfung bisher nichts erreicht und auch kein Konzept hat, denn es gibt keine Anzeichen (und keine Maßnahmen der [...]''

Von Raketen und Federn Trotz fehlender realer Knappheit hierzulande steigen Benzinpreise stark, getrieben durch globale Märkte und Konzernstrukturen. Die Maßnahmen der Bundesregierung bleiben begrenzt wirksam, während eine ...

''Die Benzinpreise folgen meist dem rocket and feathers-Syndrom: Sie schießen schnell nach oben und sinken nur langsam. Man sieht den etwas langsameren Rückgang der Benzinpreise nach dem Peak im März. Das spricht für vermachtete Benzinmärkte. Das sagt auch die Monopolkommission,die die Gefahr[...]''

''[...]purchasing power has crumpled since 2013,partly reflecting freezes by the Milei administration.“Retirees are in a really bad way,” said Maraviglio,76,a retired economics professor. “People are sick, living on the street, and taking their own lives.”'' www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...