Embedded Internationalism: The Only Way to Fight the Global Oligarchy
Rethinking internationalism as a way to counter the power of a rootless global elite.
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Why China’s Current Account Balance Approaches Zero
China’s once-hefty current account surpluses are falling away. What are the implications?
Read more...World Bank Financialization Strategy Serves Big Finance
The World Bank continues its proud tradition of making the world safe for rentiers, um, financiers.
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...The Brexit Bar
Another important day for Brexit, when there is way too much to be decided with the stakes so high
Read more...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.
Read more...Brexit Delay Will Not Postpone Deglobalisation
The world economy has experienced deglobasation phases before. How this one differs from its predecessors.
Read more...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.
Read more...Technology: From Copycats to Innovators
How China is cuttting into America’s technology advantage, and how the US can respond.
Read more...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.
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