Category Archives: Globalization

Matt Stoller: How the US Saw Multinationals as a Means to Prevent War

The role of multinationals in the post World War II order.

Patrick Cockburn: How Neoliberalism and Cold War Obsessions Fractured the Middle East

How neoliberalism, the resource curse, and military interventions by Washington and its allies, profoundly destabilized the Middle East.

How Brexit Threatens to Turn the UK Into “Borisland”

How the Tories and UKIP intend to use Brexit to impose permanent austerity and reduce workers’ rights.

Satyajit Das: What If Anything Does Brexit Really Signify?

An appraisal of the Brexit sound and fury.

Boris “Just Kidding” Johnson Outlines His Rainbows and Unicorns Brexit Plan

Boris Johnson is now the most hated person in the Western world.

Mathew D. Rose: Brexit – Land of Hope and Glory

Why the vote for Brexit is the best thing that has happened to European society for decades.

Brexit: Fear, Loathing, and Anger on Both Sides of the Channel

Politicians in the UK and the EU are virtually at each other’s throats over Brexit.

Brexit: Pulling the Signal Out of the Noise

Getting a better picture on Brexit: the underlying class and economic stresses and how that might play into what happens next.

Brexit: The Crisis Begins

The Brexit vote was a stunning repudiation of neoliberalism and austerity. But what comes next?

IMF Warns That Inequality, Poverty, Low Productivity Growth, Falling Workforce Participation Will Drag on US Growth

The IMF has become an unlikely reporter of unpleasant realities about the US economy, particularly the costs of inequality and distress. If only its prescriptions were better….

Slavery At Sea: The Ugly Underbelly Of Oil Shipping

A Pulitzer-prize wining series last year exposed slavery in commercial fishing. Sadly, it is taking place in oil shipping too.

Brexit Risk and Nigel Farage: We Know Where His Mouth is (“England”), But is His Money Offshore?

Is Nigel Farage’s wealth offshore? Is that why he’s so calm about Brexit?

Facing Up to the World’s Health Crises….and the TPP Would Make Matters Worse

The TPP threatens to undermine public health just as the world is on the verge of major health crises.

Mathew D. Rose: Brexit – The End of the Universe

Germany is determined to teach the UK a costly lesson if it dares to defy its hegemony via a Brexit.

Need a Loan in China? Hand Over a Nude Photo

Lender demands in China as a sign of credit stress.