Economics
Ann Pettifor: The Globalisation of Markets and the Localisation of Hunger
On the Urgent Need to De-colonize Global Markets in Money, Food and Energy Read Article HERE
Globalisation
Geopolitics
Marco Carnelos – How Scott Bessent’s ‘economic statecraft’ aims to justify US coercion
The US Treasury Secretary has outlined his vision for the United States in the world, where economic coercion is to be castigated unless the US itself is the one doing the coercing. Marco Carnelos is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – Iran and the US: a ceasefire that lasts?
There are no guarantees that an Iran-US deal will ever come to fruition, either way the economic damage to the global economy is real and lasting. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of […]
Finance
Sam Fraser – Trump is doing his best to undermine Dollar hegemony, but it won’t disappear so fast
There are important structural reasons why ‘the Greenback’ will retain its position as global reserve currency, despite Trump’s recklessness. Sam Fraser is a writer based in New York City. He holds a Master’s in International […]
EU politics
AA – European Parliament approves long-delayed EU-US trade agreement
Absolutely remarkable that 444 MEPs would back such a horrendous trade deal. They are clearly not representatives of the people. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Jeremiah Nollenberger – Fewer But Stronger? Workers In An Ageing Europe
Trade union strength has weakened in the baby boomer era partly because the supply workers have been abundant – a tighter labour market in the context of population decline could act as a boon to […]
EU politics
Ruth Sisask – Europe Doesn’t Know How to Respond to China
‘The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas says Europe needs to take painful steps to overcome the “cancer” of dependency on China. The EU is talking about protectionism, but in reality its firms are addicted […]
EU politics
Euronews – Germany resists EU members’ push for a tougher stance on China
Germany’s confusion about the sort of relationship it wants with China is symptomatic of an EU that hasn’t woken up to the fact that it can’t compete with Chinese manufacturing and neither can it afford […]