Category Archives: Income disparity

The Global Food Crisis

A hard look at the possible severity of the coming global food crisis and how it demands new approaches to analysis and decisions.

Michael Hudson with Radhika Desai: We’re Headed for a Depression Worse Than 2008

Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai discuss how much of supposed US economic performance is illusory, and what happens when it unwinds.

Rob Urie: No Path Forward, No Way Back, Imperial Decline Edition

Decades of misuse of US imperial advantages, malinvestment, looting produce hopium for destructive AI deployment as a rescue for the rich.

Big Money and the Maine Election: Round 2

Despite Maine Democratic Party claims that outside interests won’t influence who replaces Platner, the money trail suggests otherwise.

Should BRICS+ Lead the Global South?

BRICS seems destined never to live up to hopes for it. Is strengthening the Non-Aligned Movement a better strategy?

Trapped at Home: Climate Stress Is More Likely to Immobilize the Poor Than to Move Them

A new study argues that climate change will not produce mass migration of the poor, using debatable assumptions.

Culture Is the Far Right’s Secret Weapon – and It’s Winning Over Some of Europe’s Most Educated Youth

EU officials seem aghast at the fact that many citizens, particularly the young, identify with national or local culture.

A Bang or a Whimper? Comparing Imperial Collapse in the US to the UK’s Decline

Book Review: Erik Linstrum’s ‘Age of Emergency: Living with Violence at the End of the British Empire’.

A Super El Niño Is Coming: 5 Hard‑Won Lessons the World Can Learn From Africa

Africa suffered in past super El Niño events and developed approaches to prevent and mitigate harm. Can rich countries learn?

How the Lack of Housing Affordability Harms Europe’s Citizens

A look at the mechanisms by which poor housing affordability hurts the European public.