Category Archives: Globalization

What Does It Mean to Live in a Multipolar World? We May Be About to Find Out

Possible American and EU responses to multipolar politics.

How Trump’s ‘America First’ Trade Strategy Is Accelerating America’s Decline

Why Trump ‘s narrowly nationalistic trade agenda, combined with his nostalgia for a 1950s style economy, will undermine U.S. economic prosperity and U.S. global hegemony.

China-US Trade War Heats Up: 3 Reasons It Won’t Cool Down Anytime Soon

Why the US and China are gridlocked on trade.

U.S.-China: These Are Much More Than Just Trade Talks

Gaming out what the US-China trade talks mean for US politics.

Coping With World Bank-Led Financialization

The World Bank has successfully promoted its ‘Maximizing Finance for Development’ (MFD) strategy by embracing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, internationally endorsed in September 2015.

The Effectiveness of the Global Financial Safety Net Depends on the Tools and Shocks

This column evaluates the effectiveness of the use of IMF support and foreign reserves in globally driven crises

Embedded Internationalism: The Only Way to Fight the Global Oligarchy

Rethinking internationalism as a way to counter the power of a rootless global elite.

Why China’s Current Account Balance Approaches Zero

China’s once-hefty current account surpluses are falling away. What are the implications?

World Bank Financialization Strategy Serves Big Finance

The World Bank continues its proud tradition of making the world safe for rentiers, um, financiers.

The Return of la Marine

Today, the divide from which Marine Le Pen profits has reached alarming proportions, most recently with the eruption of the revolt of the gilets jaunes.

Bill Black: Tom Friedman Just Noticed that the UK “Has Gone Mad”

Bill Black uses Tom Friedman’s recognition just this week that Brexit is a mess as the foundation of a detailed takedown of Friedman’s propaganda, um, views.

The Brexit Bar

Another important day for Brexit, when there is way too much to be decided with the stakes so high

Airbus and Boeing Are Signing Economic Suicide Pacts With China

Western companies that ought to know better are setting themselves up to have their lunch eaten by China.

Brexit Delay Will Not Postpone Deglobalisation

The world economy has experienced deglobasation phases before. How this one differs from its predecessors.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative vs Washington Consensus

An update by Jomo Kwame Sundaram on how China and the US are faring in their use of trade and development policy to foster growth and project power.