Gregory Travis and Marshall Auerback: Anatomy of a Disaster – Why Boeing Should Never Make Another Airplane, Again
Is Boeing itself on a crash course?
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China-US Trade War Heats Up: 3 Reasons It Won’t Cool Down Anytime Soon
Why the US and China are gridlocked on trade.
Read more...Perhaps It’s Time to Start Worrying About Global Corporate Debt, Suggests Bank of England
China’s exploding corporate debt is a cause for pause.
Read more...U.S.-China: These Are Much More Than Just Trade Talks
Gaming out what the US-China trade talks mean for US politics.
Read more...We Live in a World With Very Rich Multinational Mining Companies, and Very Poor Miners
The Porgera Joint Venture – a gold mining operation in Paupa New Guinea, sucks gold out of a mountaintop, providing little benefit to miners or the people who live near the mine. Activist groups, and a lawsuit recently filed in Australia, seek to change that, as well as correct horrific human rights abuses.
Read more...How AI Systems Could Threaten Democracy
AI surveillance is more widespread than most people realize…with virtually no checks in place.
Read more...We’ve Endured Years of Bragging From Trump—What Would an American Trade ‘Victory’ Look Like?
Will Trump declare a win if his trade representative fails to negotiate a viable long-term solution with Beijing?
Read more...Is Trump for Detente or Militarism? – A Talk with Stephen Cohen
Professor Stephen Cohen dicusses Trump’s policies on Russia and China on Real News Network.
Read more...Why China’s Current Account Balance Approaches Zero
China’s once-hefty current account surpluses are falling away. What are the implications?
Read more...How American Recycling Is Changing Now that China Won’t Take It
The US recycling approach of using the rest of the world as it garbage barge has come to an end. What next?
Read more...The Impact of Within-Group Conflict on Trust and Trustworthiness
On how life-and-death-level infighting has lasting effects on trust.
Read more...Airbus and Boeing Are Signing Economic Suicide Pacts With China
Western companies that ought to know better are setting themselves up to have their lunch eaten by China.
Read more...Brexit Delay Will Not Postpone Deglobalisation
The world economy has experienced deglobasation phases before. How this one differs from its predecessors.
Read more...China’s Belt and Road Initiative vs Washington Consensus
An update by Jomo Kwame Sundaram on how China and the US are faring in their use of trade and development policy to foster growth and project power.
Read more...Technology: From Copycats to Innovators
How China is cuttting into America’s technology advantage, and how the US can respond.
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