Economics
Finance
Economics
German Foreign Policy: EU/China – A sign of weakness
EU postpones resolution on trade dispute with Beijing until October and backs off punitive tariffs. Simulation by experts of an escalation confirms that China would win Read Article HERE Photo: Wikipedia
Economics
The Cradle: Saudi Arabia blocking payments to Emirati banks
The two Gulf states have been embroiled in a rivalry for several years, particularly in Yemen and over the situation in Sudan Read Article HERE
Finance
Adam Dehsbazi – Hormuz checkpoint? Turkey wants to be king of the Middle Corridor
If trade routes shift to avoid the turbulent Strait of Hormuz, Turkey could emerge as the real winner of the Iran War. Adam Dehsabzi is a foreign policy analyst based in Washington D.C. He previously […]
Inequality
Aleksandar Matković – The Same Enemy Is Driving Protests Across the Balkans
‘In Serbia, the connivance between politicians and multinational capital has fed a sustained protest movement. Current protests in Albania, resisting a luxury development project backed by Jared Kushner, target a similar cronyish capitalism.’ In Jacobin. […]
Economics
Economics
Tayfun Er – Migration and capitalism
Capitalism forces people to move, and at the same time takes advantage of that movement to extract greater profit. Tayfun Er is a writer and civil engineer based in Turkey. He is the author of […]
Corruption
Chris Hedges – Requiem for America on the Fourth of July
The con of neoliberalism has gutted our democracy and paved the way for fascism. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served […]
Economics
Dean Baker: Trump’s Factory Boom Keeps Going in Reverse
While anything can happen tomorrow, there is zero evidence of this investment boom to date, and factory construction is going the wrong way fast. Read Article HERE
Austerity
Philipp Heimberger, Anna Matzner – Austerity erodes the governments that impose it
Fiscal consolidation packages reduce approval, drive protests and raise the odds of a major government crisis – especially in downturns Philipp Heimberger is an economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) Anna […]