SOCIAL EUROPE

JUNE 16. 2026

Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO Is Funded by Other People’s Pensions

An IPO engineered for rapid index inclusion turns ordinary pension savers into involuntary financiers of Elon Musk’s fantasies.

Higher Interest Rates Punish Workers for a Crisis They Did Not Cause

As central banks squeeze households, corporations protect their margins — and the European social model pays the price.

JUNE 11. 2026

The ECB’s Costly Illusion: Rate Hikes That Do Not Reach Inflation

Central banks are again poised to raise rates against an oil-shock inflation — and again the costs will dwarf the effects.

Europe’s Climate Policies Keep Missing the People Who Need Them Most

Adaptation schemes built for the informed and well-off keep failing those most exposed to climate shocks.

JUNE 10. 2026

Labour’s Coalition Has Shattered, and Starmer Needs A Theory to Rebuild It

Labour bleeds four voters to the left for every one it loses to Reform — and cannot explain why.

JUNE 9. 2026

Habermas’s Gaza Misjudgment Does Not Doom His Legacy

His reflexive defence of Israel contradicts the universal principles his life’s work was built to uphold.

JUNE 8. 2026

Omnibus to Nowhere: The Quiet Dismantling of European Governance

A single code word — “Omnibus” — now drives the most sweeping rewrite of European law in the Union’s history.

JUNE 5. 2026

Why Reports of Sociology’s Public Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Sociology has not surrendered its public voice to philosophy. It has lost the illusion that it speaks from nowhere.

JUNE 3. 2026

Europe’s €2 Trillion Lever: Public Procurement Can Tame Big Tech

Europe spends €2 trillion a year buying goods and services; treating that money as mere book-keeping squanders a decisive democratic lever.

JUNE 2. 2026

The Global South Cannot Afford to Quit Fossil Fuels

Renewables have won the cost argument, yet poorer nations still pay a steep premium to deploy them.

JUNE 1. 2026

Leveraging the EU Single Market to escape the Trump Trap

Leveraging the EU Single Market to escape the Trump Trap…

MAY 28. 2026

The Right’s Pragmatism Is Just Another Ideology in Disguise

Conservatives who deride “isms” are not transcending ideology — they are smuggling theirs in unexamined.

MAY 27. 2026

Austerity Erodes The Governments That Impose It

Austerity packages reduce approval, drive protests, and raise the odds of a government crisis — especially in downturns.

MAY 26. 2026

A Post-American Europe Must Build Its Own Power

As Washington turns transactional and Beijing rises, Europe must convert its economic weight into genuine strategic power.