One of the central ideas in the push for globalization is for the state to become subservient to the corporates, and for citizens to become submissive consumers. Is it any wonder that our political classes […]
In this second part of his book review Branko Milanović encounters a book with some progressive elements, but equally conservative solutions for a reformed capitalism. Sounds like another Oxford University Keynesian patrician. Branko Milanović is […]
This piece puts the US-China trade war in context. It’s part of a long history of aggressive US attempts to dismantle successful state-led developmentalism across the global South. China is the last one standing. Read […]
The world has never been better. From global poverty to inequality between nations, all the indicators are showing progress. This is a comforting narrative – popularized by the likes of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker. […]
What comes next? Yanis Varoufakis has some good ideas By the way, this is followed by Yanis’s first speech in Greece since MeRA25’s entry into Greece’s Parliament. Also interesting.
This is the result of globlaisation, where companies that made a small investment can receive extra billions in compensation decided by a court run in the interest of international corporations. Read here
This is the best critical evaluation of the EU-Mercosur deal we could find. It is a good introduction for battles to come. Cross-posted from the GUE/NGL website The European Union has negotiated a free trade […]
The US threat of tariff retribution on France for its Digital Services Tax shows how tax on corporate giants has little to do with fairness and a lot to do with global economic power […]
Neoliberalism continues in national and transnational institutions, even though it has lost legitimacy as an ideology and has even penetrated progressive thinking, argues Prof. David Harvey Part 1 Part 2
The debate between human rights and economic “sufficiency” at the global level: a topic which did not even exist before the 1960s. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book […]
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