Category Archives: Globalization

Brexit: Yet More Chicken

The same bad Brexit dynamics are very much in place.

Neoliberalism Is Over. Welcome to the Era of Neo-Illiberalism!

Big tech, nationalist politics, and the billionaire class have propelled a novel political economy. What impact will the virus have on this new status quo?

The False Dawn of Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns

It would be nice if relaxing the lockdowns would solve a problem, any problem….

Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic

More discussion of how the private sector is undermining responses to Covid-19.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton With Michael Hudson: How The US Makes Countries Pay For Its Wars – Economics Of American Imperialism

Economist Michael Hudson explains how American imperialism has created a global free lunch, where the US makes foreign countries pay for its wars, and even their own occupation.

Coronavirus-Induced Food Supply Disruptions Hitting Farmers, Poor Consumers

Food scarcity is already starting to bite in the US and is likely to become a serious problem in much of the world.

Become a Manufacturing Powerhouse in 2020—An Economic Recipe for Our Times

On bringing manufacturing back home.

The Coronavirus New Normal Has Only Started To Arrive

Why we aren’t even at the end of the beginning of coronavirus-induced change.

Taleb: The Only Man Who Has A Clue

A recap of what Taleb and his fellow complex systems analysts have been saying about coronavirus. Not pretty.

The New Fault Lines in a Post-Globalized World

Coronavirus is smashing up the economic and political order. What sort of world comes next?

The Coming Debt Crisis

Emerging market economies loaded up on debt after the crisis, which is now looking like a particularly bad move.

The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Opened the Curtains on the World’s Next Economic Model

COVID-19 has exposed flaws in the global supply chain economic model; advances in technology have rendered it obsolete.

The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is a $2 Trillion Slush Fund for Washington Cronies

Why you should hate the coronavirus “stimulus” bill.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Coronavirus and Food Security

UN warns about coronavirus and food shortages. Will the crisis revive policies to encourage regional and national food self-sufficiency?

The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Letter to G20 Leaders (“The G20 must act now”)

Delaying emergency measures in emerging and developing economies will lead to unimaginable health and social impacts which will come back to haunt us for decades. The G20 must act now.