Income Inequality in a Globalising World
Absolute inequality around the world has increased, challenging the purported benefit of globalization.
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Backlash Against Trade Deals: The End of U.S.-Led Economic Globalisation?
Why the backlash against the overreach of US trade deals, as embodied by the TPP and TTIP, is well warranted.
Read more...Negative Effects of Immigration on the Economy
Working through explanations as to why US immigration has been negatively correlated with growth.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Why Hanjin’s Zombie Collapse Won’t Be the Last One
China Containerized Freight Index remains near record low.
Read more...Theresa May Outs Herself as Wall Street’s Poodle in Brexit Talks
It would be better if the latest Brexit news were a farce….
Read more...Trade Globalisation in the Last Two Centuries
Trade globalization started earlier than most economists realize, undermining conventional stories about how it came about.
Read more...The High Hidden Costs of Fast Fashion
Fast fashion imposes high hidden costs, especially to the environmental. Waste, pollution, and a high carbon footprint are the most serious. Consumers can make choices that mitigate some of these deleterious effects.
Read more...The Bahamas’ Giant, Fist-Pumping Screw-You to the Civilized World
The Bahamas decides to compete aggressively to become the most infamous tax haven around.
Read more...Japan Isn’t Playing Neoliberalism’s Word Games
Has the progressive left in western democracies forgotten how to embrace the mainstream? When I compare the approach which anti-neoliberal causes take in the U.S. and Europe with the approach taken by the same causes in Asian countries, especially Japan, I can only say yes, it has. One explanation for how pro-labor movements have been […]
Read more...Deutsche Bank and a $10Bn Money Laundering Nightmare: More Context Than You Can Shake a Stick at
Deutsche Bank’s $10Bn: the shell company back story
Read more...Japan Throws Spanner into Brexit Negotiations
Multinationals just weighted in on the Brexit talks, in the form of a letter from Japan’s government.
Read more...The Slave Power, Slave Credit, Slave Labor
Book reviews of Slavery’s Capitalism and This Vast Southern Empire, with some thoughts on their relevance to our own day.
Read more...Brexit Delusion Rises Even Further: City Pumping for Presumptuous, Nightmarish-to-Negotiate “Swiss Plus” Plan
The Brexit fantasies get even bigger as the City pumps for a na ga happen “Swiss plus” plan.
Read more...Hot Money and Financial Activity in Commodity Exporters
A new World Bank paper looks at the interaction between commodity prices and commodity exporters. It’s a story about hot money.
Read more...William Astore: Why Do Military Professionals Remain Silent About America’s Disastrous Wars?
Why is there so little domestic criticism of U.S. foreign policy and its disastrous wars and so little military dissent in particular?
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