There’s no perfect answer to the migrant crisis – and we must face that
Jeffrey Sachs There are no easy answers to Europe’s migration crisis. Perhaps that fact alone – the reality that all options are insufficient – could be the basis to build a consensus out of the bitter divisions that now grip the continent. The answer to the crisis in the longer term will depend les…
To Fight Inequality, Support Women’s Work
Judith Warner Early this year, a team of distinguished economists, current and former government ministers, academics, labor leaders, and opinion makers gathered at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., to announce an ambitious plan to create “inclusive prosperity” on a transnational scale. The e…
Refugee road to nowhere: the Western Balkans
It has become a corridor, the route thousands of refugees take daily from Macedonia through Serbia to the border with Hungary and Croatia. Beyond that lie Slovenia and Austria and finally Germany and Sweden. The route has become routine, with welcome centres in tents where refugees are counted and f…