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The Portuguese Myth

Portugal’s Socialist-led government looks like an exception to the decline of European social democracy. But its record in fighting austerity is less clear.

Bargaining With the Algorithm

Though companies like Deliveroo or Foodora refuse even to recognize them as employees, food delivery riders have taken a lead in organizing workers in the gig economy.

No, It’s Not a Gig Economy

Precarity isn’t the main problem with the US labor market. It’s that wages are low, benefits are eroding, and work is often dull and sometimes dangerous.

The Lesser Evil

After years of corruption scandals and austerity, Spain finally ousted its conservative president Mariano Rajoy. But will the center-left PSOE do much better?