Technology: From Copycats to Innovators
How China is cuttting into America’s technology advantage, and how the US can respond.
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Report from the Ground in Paris: The Most Recent Gilets Jaunes Protests
A report from Colonel Smithers.
Read more...Brexit: The Kindness of Strangers
The Thursday Brexit votes put the UK officially at the mercy of the EU.
Read more...Mars or Mercury Redux: How Geopolitics Influence Bilateral Trade Agreements
Quelle surprise! US trade agreements depend more on the US being a reliable military ally than many like to think.
Read more...India Bans Plastics Waste Imports, While Fossil Fuel Plastics Pushers in US and China Ramp Up to Party On
Kudos to India for banning plastics waste imports, to focus on solving its own waste management problem. Meanwhile, fossil fuel interests ramp up plans to produce more plastics.
Read more...2018: A Banner Year for China, Other US Trade Partners, and Corporate America
China wins big in trade in 2018.
Read more...Brexit: Slouching Towards Bethlehem
No one knows what is set to happen on Brexit day.
Read more...The Possible Chinese-US Trade Deal
A review of opinions in the English-speaking blogosphere on the likely content of the US-China deal and the message this agreement sends to the world.
Read more...China Syndrome Redux: New Results on Global Labour Reallocation
What did China gain when the US lost manufacturing jobs?
Read more...Brexit: The Test of the Ultras?
Another supposed big Brexit day in Parliament. Will this prove to be yet another damp squib?
Read more...A Study in Professional Power: Why Do the Big 4 Accountants Survive?
How the Big 4 accountants cemented their position and why that matters.
Read more...How Neoliberalism Is Normalising Hostility
Tracing how neoliberalism has corroded social values.
Read more...Why Suburbs Must Be the Next Frontier for Cities Policy
The challenge of suburbs for social and environmental policy.
Read more...Why Not Start Saving the Biosphere by Outlawing Private Jets?
A forcing device for how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in one industry
Read more...A Serious Green New Deal Would Take Up One-Third of the Economy—Are We Ready for That?
Looking at some of the ramifications of a Green New Deal.
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