China Sickening into Classic Emerging Market Crisis
More and more analysts are getting nervous about China. Are there concerns warranted?
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Growing Inequality Under Global Capitalism
The benefits of capitalism are accruing even more to a very few at the top.
Read more...Is the Great China Crash Upon Us?
No large economy has made a crisis-free transition from being investment/export led to consumption led. Is China finally starting its Big One?
Read more...Globalization and the End of the Labor Aristocracy, Part 3
On the current structure of globalization and its implications for the distribution of income within and between countries.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Hillary Clinton Explains Our North Korea, South Korea, China Policy
Why America’s belligerent posture towards North Korea needs to be taken with a fistful of salt.
Read more...The Overlooked Past Behind U.S.-North Korea Tensions & How South Korea Could Forge Peace
Some history on the hostilities between the US and North Korea, and how that plays into the recent escalation of tensions.
Read more...Faster Fashion Cycle Accelerates
Sustainable fashion initiatives face huge obstacles in displacing fast fashion’s popularity, despite fair labor and environmental concerns.
Read more...Philippines President Duterte Orders Troops to Occupy South China Sea “Islands”
Philippines’ President Duterte decides to hot things up a bit in the simmering South China Sea hostilities.
Read more...Magnus: China Must Reform or Bust
China’s debt markets are looking more and more like the West, circa 2007. And it’s not clear the government can intervene as successfully.
Read more...Competition From China Reduced Innovation in the US
Reduced innovation is another reason to question using China as America’s outsourced manufacturer.
Read more...Globalisation and Economic Nationalism
An in-depth data analysis shows a strong correlation between exposure to competition from imports and a rise in right-wing nationalism.
Read more...Chinese Mortgages Tighten Fast
Chinese mortgages, which have been the driver of credit growth, are now hard to get. Is this just a short-term tightening?
Read more...China Banks in 2017: No Rebound in Sight, Rising Risks for Smaller Banks
Why there is no cause for cheer on the China banking front.
Read more...Rex Tillerson Backs Aggressive Policy in Disputed South China Sea as Exxon, Russia Eye Region’s Oil and Gas
Oil may be a big reason behind the Trump Administration’s aggressive stance towards China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Read more...Fast Fashion: A Few Thoughts Sparked by Recent News
Fast fashion is flourishing in the US, despite problematic labor practices and the considerable environmental costs it generates.
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