Globalization and the End of the Labor Aristocracy, Part 2
How the the new international economic architecture for trade, investment, & property rights hurt workers in advanced and developing economies
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Faster Fashion Cycle Accelerates
Sustainable fashion initiatives face huge obstacles in displacing fast fashion’s popularity, despite fair labor and environmental concerns.
Read more...The Clean Carbon Bad Joke
How viable are “cleaner” coal technologies? And can carbon sequestration save the day?
Read more...Globalization and the End of the Labor Aristocracy, Part 1
How labor benefitted from imperialism, and how its advantages were eroded as multinationals became important as international enforcers.
Read more...The Global Industrial Working Class
Why industrial workers are better positioned than most observers think…just not in the US and many other Northern Hemisphere countries.
Read more...How Common Ownership is One Route to Social Transformation
Can changes in ownership rules tame the bad features of capitalism?
Read more...Mainstream, Pro-EU Rutte’s VVD Beats Populist, Anti-Immigration Wilders in Dutch Election
Far right winger Geert Wilders fails to cinch a win for his party in the Dutch election, contrary to polling in recent months.
Read more...Debunking 5 Myths About Frexit
A skeptical look a Frexit, meaning France exiting the Eurozone.
Read more...Brexit: More on the UK’s Weak Hand
Yet more debunking of pro-Brexit fantasies.
Read more...NAFTA in Play: How President Trump Could Reshape Trade in North America
Some likely scenarios for US negotiations over NAFTA, and what they would mean for the US, Mexico, and Canada.
Read more...Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 2)
Amazon warehouse workers describe the future of non-elite work in the 21st century.
Read more...Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 1)
Amazon warehouse workers describe the future of non-elite work in the 21st century.
Read more...Neoliberalism Was Supposed to Make Us Richer: Three Reasons Why It Didn’t
How neoliberalism contributed to the productivity slowdown
Read more...Understanding the Long-Run Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades
Looking at some of the lasting damage done by the slave trade, such as higher incidence of HIV.
Read more...Free Trade vs Protectionism: Weapon of Mass Distraction
A historical take on the push and pull over “free trade”.
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