Globalisation
Seth Schindler, Ilias Alami, Nick Jepson: Who’s in control? Wall Street Consensus, state capitalism, and spatialised industrial policy
The apparent contradiction between the Wall Street Consensus and contemporary state capitalism Read Here
Middle East Eye – Russia-Ukraine war: Global chickpea shortage threatens hummus supply
The normality that we knew is swiftly becoming a thing of the past Read Here Photo: Ella Olsson licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Macro n Cheese: The End of Dollar Diplomacy? with Steve Keen and Michael Hudson
Listen Here In one of the most exciting pairings we’ve had on this podcast, Michael Hudson and Steve Keen join Steve Grumbine to talk about geopolitics, international production and trade, the climate crisis, and a […]
The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World beyond Capitalism by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, and Aaron Vansintjan
Book Review by Timothèe Parrique This book review originally appeared on Timothée Parrique’s blog The best the degrowth literature has to offer served on a silver platter. That’s how I would describe The Future is Degrowth: […]
Michael Hudson – Mid 2022 Geo-Political Levers at Play
Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and US Federal Reserve’s “austerity program to reduce wages” and boost unemployment. He warns a “long depression” is coming, due to the new cold war on Russia and […]
Michael Roberts – The global solution: private or public?
“Global coordination is impossible while imperialist powers dictate the terms.” Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael’s Blog Inflation, risk of global recession, growing inequality and […]
Dean Baker – A Cold War with China, Global Warming, and Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
A lengthy but brilliant piece that ticks off one important box after the other. This is what we should be concerned about. This is what will determine our future. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist […]
Adam Tooze: Defining polycrisis – from crisis pictures to the crisis matrix
This is one way of looking at the precarious state of the world. Read here
Ramzy Baroud – The End of Laissez-Faire: Russia’s Attempt at Reshaping the World Economy
The Middle East, especially the Gulf region, is vital for the current global economic order and is equally critical for any future reshaping of that order. Moscow is on the case. Ramzy Baroud is a […]