Category Archives: Globalization

Michael Hudson Talks with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté About the Broader Ramifications of the US/NATO Conflict with Russia

Michael Hudson expliains how the US hopes to benefit from its proxy war with Russia.

The Coming EU Embargo of Russian Oil, Russia’s Economic Challenges, and the Question of Operational Capacity

The EU is planning to punch Russia hard with yet another embargo, this of its oil. But will this wind up being more rope a dope?

Climate Migration: What Do We Really Know?

Overall, the literature on climate-induced migration suggests that people are moving already because of climate change and that increasing numbers will do so in the future, either voluntarily or not.

Trade’s Resilience to COVID-19

Future resilience requires smart diversification and exploitation of working-from-home production.

China vs. West: New World Disorder

Joanna Chiu’s book, China Unbound, argues for engaging China to seriously address human rights, climate change, and economic development.

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Inflicted by Self-Serving Elite

How the Sri Lanka debt crisis was decades in the making.

Naive Questions About Russia’s War Economy

Russia is now debating alternatives for putting its economy on a war footing: nationalizations or keeping billionaire capitalism in place.

U.S. Natural Gas Prices To Spike As Exports Boom

More discuss of the practical issues arising from the US plan to help fill Europe’s Russia gas gap.

Financial Times Screeches at China’s “Propaganda” for Sticking to Zero Covid Policy

A new article on how China is sticking to its zero Covid guns is revealing, and not in a good way.

China’s Overseas Lending and the War in Ukraine

Why lending to emerging economies may be collateral damage of the war in Ukraine.

Michael Hudson: The Dollar Devours the Euro

Michael Hudson argues that the euro and European economic independence are intended US targets for the war in Ukraine.

Global Supply Chain Risk and Resilience

Are experts whistling in the dark about the coming odds of fundamental restructuring of many supply chains?

The French Election Is All About Imperialism. Here’s Why

How media oligarchs have been moving French voters, and with them, mainstream parties, to the right.

China – A Sub-Imperial Ally of the West?

IMichael Hudson and Patrick Bond debate the trade posture of China, such as whether its Belt and Road initiative is capitalist or socialist