Donald Trump has embraced deregulatory models that give corporate actors greater leverage in shaping public policy.
Private Rule vs. Public Sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere
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Labor, Trade, & Finance
We Need a Global Movement to Unrig the System Exploiting Indonesian Nickel Workers
Labor activist Raraa Rahmawati argues that the hazards in her country’s nickel industry are part of the broader problem of a global economy rigged to favor the wealthy.
New U.S. National Security Strategy Flies in Face of Global Development Realities
New U.S. strategy document bids farewell to democracy, human rights, and global economic development as organizing principles for foreign policy.
U.S.-Backed Housing Scandals Threaten to Rip Off Honduras and Panama
Miami-based investors are suing Honduras after their own false promises left families picking up the pieces.
Surgical Discipline: How India’s Sugar Economy Weaponizes Women’s Bodies
Hysterectomy rates among sugarcane migrants many times India’s national average.
Have We Entered a New Feudal Era?
A review of Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, by Yanis Varoufakis.
Can the G20 Do More Than Serve Markets and Investors?
As world leaders gather for a tense G20 summit in South Africa, leaders should use this rare multilateral space to advance a more equitable and sustainable global economy.
King Donald and His Asian Vassals
Trump’s grand strategy is America’s reindustrialization.
Trump’s Pacific Pivot
Trump’s plan: negotiate with China today, fight a war with it tomorrow.
China’s Playbook: Stability and Self-Reliance in a Turbulent World
China’s long-range planning contrasts with the very short-term horizon of U.S. economic policy.