Gauis Publius: TPP Has Picked Up a Powerful Enemy — Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter takes on Obama’s plan to pass the TPP in the lame duck session.
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The Global Trade Slowdown is Both True and Non-trivial
Economists offer widely different explanations for the decline in trade between nations, in a debate that remains unresolved but is increasingly urgent.
Read more...Backlash Against Trade Deals: The End of U.S.-Led Economic Globalisation?
Why the backlash against the overreach of US trade deals, as embodied by the TPP and TTIP, is well warranted.
Read more...Japan Isn’t Playing Neoliberalism’s Word Games
Has the progressive left in western democracies forgotten how to embrace the mainstream? When I compare the approach which anti-neoliberal causes take in the U.S. and Europe with the approach taken by the same causes in Asian countries, especially Japan, I can only say yes, it has. One explanation for how pro-labor movements have been […]
Read more...Death of TTIP: True? And What Should Follow?
European leaders last week conceded that the TTIP was in trouble. Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now discusses trade talks and what follows.
Read more...Framing Votes for TPP as the Surrender of National Sovereignty (i.e., Treason)
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The left critique on TPP starts with how it hurts labor, and moves on to how it hurts the environment. The difficulty here is that these critiques don’t appeal to the right, and it will take left and right, ganging up, to defeat the party establishments on TPP. I would […]
Read more...Is Toothpaste Dangerous to Your Health?
The US relies on industry self-regulation of personal care products, thus exposing consumers to harms, in contrast to Canada, Europe, and Japan.
Read more...Gaius Publius: “You Broke It, You Bought It” – A Sanders Activist Challenges Clinton Supporters
Clinton’s hard move to the right is causing some consternation among bona fide progressives. But what will they do about it?
Read more...The Economic Drivers of Political Disruption in Advanced Economies
The (bad) economic policy roots of political polarization.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren Lanches Campaign Against the TPP
Elizabeth Warren takes on a new target and goes against Clinton on the TPP.
Read more...IMF Warns That Inequality, Poverty, Low Productivity Growth, Falling Workforce Participation Will Drag on US Growth
The IMF has become an unlikely reporter of unpleasant realities about the US economy, particularly the costs of inequality and distress. If only its prescriptions were better….
Read more...Facing Up to the World’s Health Crises….and the TPP Would Make Matters Worse
The TPP threatens to undermine public health just as the world is on the verge of major health crises.
Read more...Noam Chomsky: American Power Under Pressure
Seeing states as the vehicle for projecting power is dated, particularly as far as understanding America’s position is concerned.
Read more...Economics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Distributional impact
The gains and losses from TPP will be asymmetrically distributed but the gains should permit ample support for individuals adversely affected
Read more...A Simple “Trade” Solution to Boost Workers Across the Planet
There’s a progressive way to approach global trade that can help workers abroad and at home at the same time.
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