Category Archives: Globalization

Gaius Publius: Nancy Pelosi Is Whipping “Almost Daily” for TPP

Why Nancy Pelosi is the White House’s secret weapon for the pending Fast Track bill.

“The Notion of the Competitiveness of Countries is Nonsense”

A 2004 book by Martin Wolf provided the intellectual foundation for the competitiveness fad. Ironically, Wolf debunked his own thesis in it.

Joe Firestone: Get Ready to Call ‘Em Out On the TPP!

The opposition has done vastly better than expected on stymieing Obama’s toxic trade deals. Thinking ahead to how to block them in the House, and if it gets that far, when the Fast Track fix goes to the Senate.

Greece: An Endgame Finally in Sight?

The noose continues to tighten on Greece.

Michael Klare: Delusional Thinking in Washington, The Desperate Plight of a Declining Superpower

How US superpower overreach has hit the breaking point, yet the officialdom acts as if somehow doing more will succeed.

The Fed’s Dereliction of Duty and False Capital Flows Morality

The Fed disavows responsibility for the way US interest rate policy sends money sloshing around the world. It’s a huge mistake intellectually and politically.

How the China’s New Silk Road is Shifting Geopolitics

Even though China’s Silk Road initiative is in its early stages and still opportunistic, traditional rivalries could impede progress. Even so, the US is concerned about how China has gotten and is making countermoves.

America’s First Black President Throwing Slaves Under the Bus on TPP

The sausage-making on the TPP has gotten messier…..

Gaius Publius: Hillary, TPP, the World of Money, and the Center for American Progress

There is no way that Hillary Clinton is not a strong supporter of TPP and Fast Track

Good News on TPP, as Senate Passes Fast Track Bill with Human Trafficking Poison Pill

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Senator Bob Menendez just served an even bigger plate than he intended via an amendment to Obama’s Fast Track bill that thanks to some Republican help, didn’t get modified into mere symbolism. Ooops!

Thomas Palley: Fraternity of Failure – The Alternative, as in Hillary Clinton, Version

Hillary Clinton does not want to talk about past economic controversies.

More on the Myth of Outsourcing’s Efficiency

Why outsourcing winds up producing cost creep over time.

Gaius Publius: If Fast Track Passes, Anything Attached to a “Trade” Treaty Will Pass

How the Administration’s Fast Track authority would transfer more power to the President by limiting Congressional authority on “trade” bills.

Will the TransPacific Partnership Agreement Go into the Deep Freeze?

The TransPacific Partnership is far from a done deal,. Delay in securing Congressional approval for Fast Track has high odds of throwing a fatal wrench in the overseas timing.

Is the Push for Greater European Integration a Mistake?

The assumption among policy elites that more European integration will heal the union’s ills may be misguided.