Why trade wars are more costly than conventional wisdom would have you believe now that manufacturing to a large degree depends on global value chains.

Last Hurrah in NYC! Free Books, Free Drinks, Other Giveaways, and Good Conversation! Please Come by on Sunday June 23

Please join me for my very last Sunday in New York before I depart the city for good. We’ll have free books, drinks and good company, so I very much hope you can work us into your Sunday schedule. I have nearly 200 books I am giving away, mainly brand new or only once read, […]

Place-Based Economic Conditions and the Geography of the Opioid Overdose Crisis

There is not one opioid crisis in America—there are many. And supply-focused measures won’t stop them.

Brexit: Sleepwalking

The Brexit zombie lurches forward.

What Is a ‘Climate Refugee’ and How Many Are There?

Climate-change-induced migration is significant and set to grow. But no one seems to have any answers, save perhaps the neoliberal default, “Die sooner”.

The Two-State Solution Is Dead. Bloodbath Next?

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the Israeli plan to force integration of Palestine will lead to a bloodbath. But what are the alternatives?

Whether It’s the New NAFTA or the Old NAFTA, It Serves the 1 Percent

By Leo W. Gerard, the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Produced by the Independent Media Institute Mick Mulvaney, a millionaire who is President Trump’s acting chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget, awarded himself another job last week: spokesman for labor. Referring to the proposed new NAFTA, […]