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(Mis)Adventures in Portland and a Visit to Occupy ICE

My visit last week to Portland was more exciting, in the good and bad sense, than I expected it to be.

The Missing Profits of Nations

Profit shifting is a key driver of the decline in global average statutory corporate tax rate, which has fallen by more than half

John Feffer: Trump Doctrine as Kamikaze Antiglobalism

Is extreme antiglobalism the doctrine that undergirds many of Trump’s actions?

Trump Tariffs Hit Largest US Aluminum Company, ALCOA

Tariffs misfire yet again.

Migrants, Pro-Globalization “Leftists,” and the Suffocating Middle Class

Economic migrants seek prosperity and are justified in doing so, yet they can also be seen as pawns in an international strategy that destroys the negotiating leverage of workers. The resulting contradictions potentially render conventional political classifications obsolete.

Marshall Auerback: Trump’s Trade War with China Will Cause an Economic Catastrophe — Here’s a Better Solution

How to impose trade rules that will bring jobs back to the US in a much more surgical manner than a costly and potentially self-defeating trade wars.

Can Globalization Be Reversed?

Will the Trump tariffs lead to a rollback of globalization? And if so, what might it look like?

Don Quijones: Multiyear, Job-Creating, Mass-Tourist Boom in Spain Runs Out of Steam

Tourism in Spain accounted for a quarter of the jobs created since 2013 — but mass-tourism of this type brings its own problems.

Michael Hudson: Argentina Gets Biggest IMF Loan in History

Leftout podcast of The Hudson Report, with Michael Hudson, discussing the award to Argentina of the biggest loan in the IMF’s history (includes transcript).