Some Real Costs of the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Nearly Half a Million Jobs Lost in the US Alone
The Trans-Pacific Partnership will lead to job losses overall, with the US taking the biggest hit.
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Merkel Channels Varoufakis: “No Plan B,” in This Case, on Migrants
Is Angela Merkel’s “Plan B” remark a Freudian slip, a recognition that like Varoufakis, she’s alienated so many people that she can no longer cinch a deal?
Read more...The China Delusion
Why the path forward for China is fraught from both an economic and political standpoint.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Age of Stagnation or Something Worse?
In The Age of Stagnation, author Satyajit Das has shifted from his usual wry detachment to a sense of foreboding.
Read more...Can Mass Migration Boost Innovation and Productivity?
Mass migration is getting a bad rap. Is it entirely deserved?
Read more...It’s Not Just TPP. Can a President Kill NAFTA? Al Gore Thought So. Hillary Clinton Too.
Given what Hillary and Gore have said about Nafta, it’s time to ask candidates much more pointed questions about Nafta and the TPP.
Read more...John Helmer: Strauss-Kahn Finds a New Way of Dropping His Pants
Strauss-Kahn demonstrates that even tarnished brand names can still be monetized.
Read more...Paul Craig Roberts on Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host
An introduction to Michael Hudson and his latest book.
Read more...Capital Bleeds from Emerging Asia
2015 was a terrible year for emerging markets, not just in terms of trade in goods and services, but also capital exit.
Read more...Trump’s Neofascism Isn’t Going Away, Even if Trump Does
Trump represents a new strain in American politics: low wage full employment and the protection of the status of big business through violent discipline.
Read more...The North Korean Connections of US Billionaire Naguib Sawiris and US Defence Company Contrack Watts
US Billionaire Naguib Sawiris and his Contrack Watts, a major US defence contractor, turn out to have ties to North Korea, via an amazingly profitable mobile phone company
Read more...Why the Neoclassical Story About German Wage “Moderation” Causing the Eurozone Crisis is Wrong
Focusing on German wage “moderation,” as in restriction, leads to a neat, plausible, and wrong tale of what caused the Eurozone crisis.
Read more...Fiscal Cost of Refugees in Europe
Data in Sweden shows that even with generous support for refugees, the costs are not high.
Read more...How Europe Will Fail to Address the Migration Crisis in Early 2016
Explaining the reasons for Europe’s gridlock on its migration crisis.
Read more...Robert Reich: Why the White Working Class Abandoned the Democratic Party
The history of the political calculus that led the Democratic Party to turn its back on its traditional base, the working class, and how that’s coming back to bite now.
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