Trump Tariffs Hit Largest US Aluminum Company, ALCOA
Tariffs misfire yet again.
Read more...Category Archives: Globalization
Migrants, Pro-Globalization “Leftists,” and the Suffocating Middle Class
Economic migrants seek prosperity and are justified in doing so, yet they can also be seen as pawns in an international strategy that destroys the negotiating leverage of workers. The resulting contradictions potentially render conventional political classifications obsolete.
Read more...Marshall Auerback: Trump’s Trade War with China Will Cause an Economic Catastrophe — Here’s a Better Solution
How to impose trade rules that will bring jobs back to the US in a much more surgical manner than a costly and potentially self-defeating trade wars.
Read more...Can Globalization Be Reversed?
Will the Trump tariffs lead to a rollback of globalization? And if so, what might it look like?
Read more...Don Quijones: Multiyear, Job-Creating, Mass-Tourist Boom in Spain Runs Out of Steam
Tourism in Spain accounted for a quarter of the jobs created since 2013 — but mass-tourism of this type brings its own problems.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Argentina Gets Biggest IMF Loan in History
Leftout podcast of The Hudson Report, with Michael Hudson, discussing the award to Argentina of the biggest loan in the IMF’s history (includes transcript).
Read more...EU Elite on the (Far) Right Side of History
Why the design of the Eurozone has produced right wing policies.
Read more...Trump’s Visit Marks the Start of Shock Doctrine Brexit
As Brexit approaches, the personal enrichment hopes of some of its proponents come into focus.
Read more...The Political Representation of the European People
A discussion of whether rising political pressure can produce needed economic and democratic reforms.
Read more...The “Illegals” and Our Professional Classes
The nannies who are employed by the professional class on up….
Read more...Who, Exactly, Are the “Illegals,” Anyhow?
Deconstructing the Times’ coverage of an immigration raid
Read more...David Davis Resignation Throws UK Brexit, Cabinet Into Chaos
Brexit goes chaotic.
Read more...Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win
Obrador promised to implement pro-farmer policies, such as increasing self-sufficiency in food. But will he have gone far enough for them if Mexico stays in Nafta?
Read more...Europe Isolates China Trade Cheat
The “every man for himself” game of responding to Trump’s trade threats is working against China’s hope to team up with Europe.
Read more...EU Calls Trump’s Bluff on Auto Tariffs as Trump Tries Dead on Arrival WTO Exit Plan
The EU is neither happy with nor cowed by Trump’s latest trade threat.
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