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Abstract: The coronavirus crisis has highlighted the flaws in European welfare states, which can spur their renewal and reinforcement after decades of cuts and privatization. This dossier addresses the topic by an interdisciplinary approach, outlining analysis and proposal to innovate the welfare systems all over Europe.

Abstract: The future of work is an ever-present concern for workers in a globalised economy characterised by footloose finance, fickle supply chains and above all ‘flexible’ labour markets. Fewer and fewer workers enjoy regular labour contracts while the erosion of worker security has been critically facilitated by the rise of digital technologies. These have allowed capital to reorganise labour on a scale never imagined before. Such topics are addressed in this paper trying to see the way along ...; [Read more...] The future of work is an ever-present concern for workers in a globalised economy characterised by footloose finance, fickle supply chains and above all ‘flexible’ labour markets. Fewer and fewer workers enjoy regular labour contracts while the erosion of worker security has been critically facilitated by the rise of digital technologies. These have allowed capital to reorganise labour on a scale never imagined before. Such topics are addressed in this paper trying to see the way along for new forms of "sustainable" capitalism.