Cost of living protests have spread through at least four EU countries since 17 October: France, Italy, Belgium and Portugal. Organisers in Germany have called demonstrations in 21 cities for…
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Economics is frequently presented as a neutral science governed by objective laws and inevitable outcomes. It is an illusion. Behind every economic decision lie political choices about who pays, who is shielded, and what kind of future is being funded. When central banks hike interest rates, when governments slash welfare budgets, or when housing prices spiral out of reach, these are not forces of nature. They are human priorities.
This category covers economics, financial systems, and the decisions that distribute wealth, opportunity, and risk: monetary policy, national budgets, inequality, the housing market, and the global financial forces dictating the daily lives of ordinary citizens.
The question is rarely just what works. It is who it works for.
