The 13 Most Important Charts of 2013
from Economic Policy Institute, 12/20/13As we say goodbye to 2013, the economy is still failing ordinary workers.What is being done to make it better? Not enough.Public spending and public investment...
View ArticleNew Threat to Economic Role of the State
by Martin Khor from South Bulletin, 11/21/13The economically successful developing countries are characterised as having a strong “developmental state”. But this role of the state is coming under...
View ArticleA Gathering Storm: Eurozone in 2014
interview with Jacques Sapir from Revolting Europe, 12/21/13Is Europe’s single currency bloc stabilising? Behind the current picture of calm storm clouds are gathering, says French economist Jacques...
View ArticleA war-based economy
by Jonathan Turley from Aljazeera, 1/11/14In January 1961, US President Dwight D Eisenhower used his farewell address to warn the nation of what he viewed as one of its greatest threats: the...
View ArticleNeoliberalism and Iran
Mohammed Pouabdollah interviews Fariborz Raisdana from Al-Monitor, 1/14/14With the announcement that Iran’s nuclear deal with the world powers will take effect Jan. 20, and reports that on Feb. 1 Iran...
View ArticleHow to fight global capital
Raffaele Marchetti interviews João Pedro Stédile from World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilization," 12/19/13An interview with João Pedro Stédile, Founding Member and Member of the National Board of...
View ArticleU.S. still > China
by CP Chandrasekhar from Frontline, 1/24/14BY all accounts the geography of global manufacturing has changed, with China in particular and developing countries in general accounting for a high share...
View ArticleWho owns the US federal debt?
by Sandy Brian Hager from Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, University of Sheffield, 1/23/14During the current financial crisis, government debt levels across the advanced capitalist...
View ArticlePuerto Rico: Debt Crisis with Caribbean Taste
by Daniel Munevar from CADTM, 2/8/14When we mention the debt crisis the first images that come to mind are the marches and protests in the streets of Madrid or Athens. But the negative impact of the...
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