Category Archives: Globalization

Michael Hudson: A BRICS+ Bank: How Would It Really Function?

Michael Hudson clears up some of the considerable confusion about what a new BRICS “currency” would amount to.

Rob Urie: Americans Are Unleashing Monsters They Have No Idea How to Contain

How Americans, or at least their putative leaders, are pursing policies that are deranged and increasingly authoritarian.

BRICS: An Anti-Imperialist Fantasy and Sub-Imperialist Reality? – Patrick Bond

A no-holds-barred critique of BRICS as mainly aspiring to participate in in current organizations, rather than a create new ones.

The Neoclassical Growth of China

A model finds that China closely tracked the trajectory of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Does this claim hold up to close scrutiny?

Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources

Demand for materials like lithium that are essential to many so-called “green energy” technologies are setting up conflicts, including war.

The Intercept’s Latest Leak Might Deal Irreparable Damage to Pakistani-Chinese Relations

The latest Intercept leaks confirm the notion that neither China nor Russia can trust Pakistan. That has awkward implications for China.

The South China Sea’s Resource Wars

Taiwan is only a part of the ongoing conflict between Chana and America plus its Asian allies.

A Sign that the West Is Having to Compete for Emerging Economy Loyalty? Long Overdue Progress on Africa-Instigated International Tax Reform

After long resistance by rich nations, African governments successfully pushed for the UN to lead on international tax cooperation.

Productive and Unproductive Crises

Making a case from past crises that we’ll muddle through our current set and thanks to technology, eventually come out better.

Indonesia’s Wait-And-See Approach Towards Joining BRICS

Indonesia serves as a reminder that the so-called “Global South” is not monolithic and that affects the prospect of joining BRICS.

BRICS: African Countries Face Opportunities and Risks in Alienating China or the US – An Expert Weighs In

An, erm, interesting take on the implications for BRICS for African nations.

US-China Decoupling: Rhetoric and Reality

An update on how the much-ballyhooed US economic divorce from China is progressing.

Imperialism: How the Struggle of Both Classes and Nations Creates Our World

How imperailasm has determined much of the structure of the international economy and that in turn affects domestic interests.

Hoisted from Comments: China’s Unsustainable, Unbalanced Growth Model and Its Current Economic Wobbles

Musings on the routes for China out of its economic problems and whether China will actually take them.

Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy!

Danny Haiphong talks to Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar about hot mulitipolarity topics, particularly BRICS and its “currency” plans