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Despite this, economic reasons are not listed among the conditions for access to asylum or other forms of international protection. Legal admission to the EU for lowskilled economic migrants (nonasylum seekers) is often conditional on the signing of an employment contract prior to arrival. Yet, this influx of workers could be strategically employed by the EU's economic system

Unemployment insurance or shorttime employment? Is it better to protect workers or jobs? The answer may lie in the complementarity of the two policy responses

A cold war between the US and PRC is already underway, with the two great powers engaged in a trade war that could escalate into military conflict. Geopolitical polarization is leading to the friendshoring of supply chains, stagflation and reduction of the global growth potential

Migrants tend to be more honest than those who stay in their places of origin. As a result, those countries are deprived of social capital, with negative effects on productivity, growth and the quality of institutions

The mental and physical health of parents, the primary caregivers of a child with disability, is often affected by their child's condition. Especially if families are left alone to deal with disability and without support in managing a complex care system

Many postwar constitutions have established independent judicial review, such as the Constitutional Court in Italy, to protect rights and freedoms from political interference. While the law is an expression of the general will, it is not the will of all, and minorities are at risk of seeing their rights curbed by governments abusing their power, as currently happens in illiberal democracies