Category Archives: Globalization

Yellen Plans To Confront China For ‘Unfair’ Clean Energy Subsidies

Treasury Secretary Yellen is complaining to China about allegedly improper green energy subsidies. But is her beef well founded?

Tweaking US Trade Policy Could Hold the Key to Reducing Migration from Central America

How much of a role did a mid-2000s Central America trade deal play in the migration surge to the US from the region?

IMF, in a Quiet Slap to the US, Urges Non-Alignment in Second Cold War

When you’ve lost the IMF…..

Western Wind Turbine Manufacturers Struggle to Compete with Chinese Pricing

The US, UK and Europe fall behind China in a supposed priority area, wind turbines.

Baltimore Bridge Crash: Risk Management Questions

Why it’s a mistake to think of the Baltimore bridge collapse as catastrophic bad luck.

Mapping the Economic Costs of War

Looking at the economic impact of war on neighboring countries, including ones not part of the theater of conflict.

The Truth About China’s Economy: Debunking Western Media Myths

The second of a two-part discussion on whither China’s economy, emphasizing where the Western press and pundits are off base.

When It Comes to Fighting Russian Diamonds, the Jewish Diamond Trade and De Beers Are a Busted Flush

Efforts to crush the Russian diamond trade come when the industry is under duress. Why might the comparatively small Russian exports survive?

What Is China’s Future? Economic Decline, or the Next Industrial Revolution?

China has become economically wobbly of late. What does that portend?

How Effective Is International Aid and Assistance? The Rise of Debt Traps

Special interests and the lack of a unified vision facilitate corruption. Rising debt levels in the developing world suggest a tipping point.

Global South Stagnating Under Heavier Debt Burden

Much higher interest rates – due to Western central banks – damage developing nations via prolonged debt distress and stagnation.

The Reach of JSOC ‘the President’s Private Army’

What is JSOC doing, and where are they doing it?

The Reality of Bidenomics: How Good Was Biden for the Economy?

A thorough takedown of the aggressively-sold falsehood that economic performance under Biden is good but the poors are too stupid to get it.

The Rich Versus Poor Country Stakes at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference This Month in Abu Dhabi

The upcoming WTO is likely to see a power struggle between its traditional advanced economy leaders and the so-called Global Majority.

New York City Survey: Unsheltered Migrants Increased Homeless Population by 25%

Some data from New York City shows how the marked increase in new migrants is stressing services and not good for the migrants either.