Covid Profits of Pharmaceutical Monopolies vs Peoples’ Lives
The WTO is set to consider a proposal supported by 99 countries to waive intellectual property protection for Covid treatments.
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Brexit: HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Little Brexit motion and less progress as the clock runs.
Read more...Brexit: Decisions
The Brexit trade talks illustrate that not deciding amounts to a decision.
Read more...What Connects Grenfell Tower, Dams on the Mekong, and a Shortage of Glass Vials for Covid Vaccines? Sand!
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Readers, I have purchased Obama’s latest autobiography, along with the complimentary handtruck needed to take it home, and now I’m going to have to pull on my yellow waders and read it, as much as I can stand. So that post is coming, but that post is not this post, […]
Read more...Don’t Depend on Wall Street for Renewable Energy Investment
Why Big Finance is part of the energy problem, not the solution.
Read more...The Impact of the New Asian Trade Mega-Deal on the European Union
Even though the econnomic impact ot the new Asian trade pact seems limited, Europeans see it as a geopolitical Big Deal.
Read more...COVID-19 Compounding Inequalities
The COVID-19 crisis may worsen inequality and push more than 70 million people into extreme poverty, according to the United Nations.
Read more...Is Development for the World Bank Mainly Doing Business?
The World Bank finally gives up defending its controversial but influential Doing Business Report. It’s about time.
Read more...2020 “Globie”: The Carry Trade
A recent book focuse on the role of the carry trade in increasing financialization and instabilty.
Read more...What Did You Miss While You Were Following the US Elections?
Since the US elections weren’t the only recent event of importance, an international news smorgasbord.
Read more...Michael Hudson on Financialization and Deindustrialization
Michael Hudson on how Trump’s policies have not addressed the fundamental forces that gutted industrial jobs under the both parties
Read more...Outsourcing: A Personal Window on the Rise of Grifting
Some vignettes from the rise of outsourcing.
Read more...Trump or Biden, Trade Deals Still Threaten Britain’s NHS
Regardless of who wins the US presidential election, Britain will be hard pressed to protect the NHS from higher drug prices.
Read more...Indian Pharma is Being Squeezed – and It’s Bad News for Drug Access in Developing Countries
The role of Indian pharma in ensuring access to low-cost drugs is important during the age of COVID-19, and not only for developing counries.
Read more...To Beat China, US Should Tax Ray Dalio Out of Existence
A recap of the recent China “Bund Summit,” which included discussion of China’s continuing need for foreign capital.
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