The whole of Europe, indeed much of the world, is anxiously watching as the Greek drama unfolds. Discussions of the various austerity measures are usually couched in terms of whether they can actually be implemented by the government, or whether they will be sufficient to achieve given budgetary... Find out more

In this ETUI Policy Brief Rory O’Farrell looks at some of the mechanisms linking inequality and the health of the economy and reviews the evidence on how various inequality measures have changed during the crisis. He warns about measures in the context of austerity programmes that will serve to... Find out more