Can deglobalization and degrowth serve as viable strategies for progressives?
Walden Bello on Deglobalization
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Labor, Trade, & Finance
Can the Downward Spiral in U.S.-China Trade Be Stopped?
The U.S.-China trade war is a persistent challenge to navigate, not a puzzle to solve.
Why Vance’s American Dream Finds Its Mirror in China
The fight against inherited disadvantage defines the common ground across continents.
Deglobalization, Towards the Right or Left?
“Let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible, and, above all, let finance be primarily national” – this advice from Keynes remains just as relevant today as it was in the 1930s.
Chip Curbs and the Folly of U.S. Techno-Nationalism
Trump’s high-tech policy is seriously schizophrenic.
Bitcoin Diplomacy
Pakistan and El Salvador are teaming up to use cryptocurrency to circumvent the usual multilateral controls on financial transactions.
Sanctions as Civilizational Warfare
Why the Global South will shape the post-Western order.
The Stockholm Accord and the Future of Sino-American Trade
A quiet thaw has taken place between Beijing and Washington.
What Trump Isn’t Telling You About BRICS
China feels threatened by the United States, leading it to build up BRICS.
Trump’s Tariff Tsunami
A perfect economic storm is on the horizon that will hit Americans hard. Will it affect the mid-term elections?