The Problems of Unfree Trade: Various Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
By Binoy Kampmark
How free is the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Covering a region spanning 40 percent of the world’s GDP and 12 signatory states, an argument...
Sustainable Palm Oil Production is the Way Forward
Datuk Darrel Webber, CEO of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), is a speaker at the 2016 Responsible Finance Summit. In this interview...
The End of Europe (As We Know It?)
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
As the Eurozone is amid secular stagnation, its old fiscal, monetary and banking challenges are escalating, along with new threats, including...
Financial Oligarchy vs. Feudal Aristocracy
By Ismael Hossein-zadeh and Anthony A. Gabb
In this article the authors explore how modern capitalism mirrors the feudal system of centuries ago where today,...
Ancient Amazons: Warrior Women in Myth and History
By Adrienne Mayor
In Greek myth, Amazons were fierce women of exotic lands who gloried in hunting and war. The greatest Greek heroes, Heracles and...
Paris Climate Summit: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Steve Breyman
In the aftermath of the December 2015 Paris climate summit, it’s worth reviewing the final agreement. The text serves as a Rorschach...
From Hyper-Finance to Secular Stagnation & Mass Unemployment
By Michel-Henry Bouchet and Robert Isaak
In this article, the authors advocate policies to counter the decoupling of finance from the real economy of productive...
We Will Not Stop Talking about Racism
By Lawrence Ware and Rebecca Martinez
Many white people want to stop talking about racism. Consciousness implies action, and that kind of talking about race,...
Luxury Taxation, Good for Economic Development?
By Patrick Imam
Developing countries are struggling to mobilise resources to finance social and infrastructural development. The author argues that one avenue is to tax...
A Disunited United States: What the 2016 Election Says About America
By Leonard Steinhorn
The 2016 election may be focused on the rise of Donald Trump, but the Trump candidacy is possible only because America is...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
