Category Archives: Globalization

Law Professor Proposes Bringing Back Indentured Servitude

Indentured servitude is the new idea for how to get immigrants to come to American at less than minimum wage pay.

Davos: Alive or Dead?

Politicians and economists are meeting at Davos, but as times change, does neoliberalism retain its cachet?

Another Brexit Mess: “Grandfathering” Existing Free Trade Agreements Looks Unlikely

Another item on the Brexit problem list: what to do about free trade agreements that will cease to apply to the UK on Brexit day.

Growth-Equity Trade-Offs in Structural Reforms

There is a fear that certain reforms could further exacerbate inequality….

A Transatlantic, Transpacific or Eurasian Global Economy?

Which nexus – Transatlantic, Transpacific or Eurasian– is likely to dominate global trade?

Financial Markets Have Taken Over the Economy. To Prevent Another Crisis, They Must Be Brought to Heel.

A detailed and well-argued explanation of how the growth in the role of financial markets has become destructive.

The Chinese Banking System: Much More Than a Domestic Giant

Chinese banks have become major foreign lenders, making China the eighth biggest financial center in the world.

UK Asks the Rest of the World to Be Super Duper Nice and Act as Its Old Deals Are Still Valid Post Brexit

Yet another Brexit train wreck.

Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico

The majority of obese adults are now found in developing countries.

Gaius Publius: Do Mainstream Democrats Really Want to Eliminate Carbon Emissions and Fossil Fuel Use?

Following the money tells you how serious mainstream Democrats are about tackling climate change….not.

UK Consternation Over EU Not Accommodating City of London in Brexit…Just As It Said It Would Not Do

The UK financial services is being told “no” yet again….will the message finally sink in?

The International Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump

The Trump Administration sees no value in international economic institutions or cooperation, abandoning the role of steward of the system.

UK Political Pressures Rise….Because EU Does Exactly What It Has Been Saying It Would Do on Brexit

When you think the UK has made as much of a mess of Brexit as it possibly can, it manages to do even more.

Ilargi: Shithouses

How Trump’s widely deplored shithouses comment was an unintended, uncomfortable truth about US policy.