Category Archives: Globalization

Save the Tiger, Shift to other Big Cats: Illegal Wildlife Trafficking and the Rise in Zoonotic Diseases

Second UN Office on Drugs and Crime World Wildife Crime Report connects illegal wildlife trade to increase in zoonotic diseases.

Financialization: Tackling the Other Virus

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to tackle another virus that has spread throughout the world since the 1970s: financialization.

Why Relentless Labor Rights Enforcement Will Make or Break the New NAFTA

Why Nafta 2.0 labor protections for Mexicans are key to whether the deal delivers on its promise to US workers.

Brexit: Running Down the Clock?

Brexit is not going much of anywhere, and it still isn’t clear if this is by accident or design.

Can Davos Man Punch the “Great Reset” Button?

The World Economics Forum asks for trouble next year, both ideologically and institutionally.

How Largely Hidden Trends Are Shattering the Global Trade System

Howy national conflicts, new concerns about security and supply chain risk, and technology are reshaping trade networks to be closer to home.

We Won’t Have a Truly Global Economy Until We Tax It That Way

Tax is an enormously powerful tool for shaping economic policy and thus bears close watching.

Let’s Make Sure We Get the Green New Deal Right

vid-19 throws a wrench in many of the assumptions underlying existing Green New Deal proposals.

Reviving the Economy, Creating the ‘New Normal’

Covid-19 rescues will reshape the economy, as we see in the US, with fat cats getting fatter. Will other countires make sounder choices?

Automation, Globalisation, and Vanishing Jobs

A new take on how automation and offshoring affect employment.

Coronavirus Recovery: Why Local Markets are Key to Reviving Our Locked Down Town Centres

Local markets, not supermarkets, are a key part of reviving city centres as the UK emerges from its coronavirus lockdown.

Scientists Around the World are Already Fighting the Next Pandemic

Scientists fight the next pandemic, driven by antibiotic resistance, where the technofix fairy won’t help, and the simplest solutions are the most sustainable.

U.S. Abandons Open Skies for New Age Space Weapons

The press has hyped the “gee whiz” factor of space toys while ignoring that exiting the Open Skies agreement will kick off a new arms race.