The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Google-Alphabet (Alphabet is Google’s parent company) on October 20 for a range of anti-competitive practices using its monopoly power in the search market.
Continue readingLaos Has Tackled COVID-19, But It Is Drowning in Debt to International Finance
The heroic and tragic story of how Laos has controlled the coronavirus pandemic but now faces an even more unforgiving adversary, foreign debt.
Continue readingWhen Economists Try to Solve Health Crises, the Results Can Often Be Disastrous
Classical economics helped kill millions in the British Empire’s famines—following economic orthodoxy today could be just as deadly.
Continue readingThe Cost of This Pandemic Must Not Bankrupt the People
If we look at the example of previous crises—such as the Financial Crisis of 2008-09—then we know that the costs of these crises are rarely borne by the very rich.
Continue readingAfter Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
The overthrow of the elected leader cannot be understood without a glance at the nation’s massive reserves of this crucial mineral.
Continue readingSouth America Cries Out: Neoliberalism—Never Again!
Neoliberalism has wrecked the world. It is why the people of South America are taking to the streets and the ballot box to advocate for change.
Continue readingHow Europe’s Greedy Lending to Africa Is Driving the Migration Wave That Fuels the EU’s Xenophobic Politics
Many of those fleeing parts of Africa and Asia are fleeing bombs sold by European arms merchants, or economic stagnation fueled by European banks and multinationals.
Continue readingThe IMF Convenes in Washington, Deaf to the Suffering It Causes Across the Planet
Do you dare to question the capitalist orthodoxy of the IMF? Expect to be answered with ferocious sanctions.
Continue readingWhite Nationalism and Crony Capitalism Are the Sparks That Started Fires in the Amazon
The right only denies global warming because its climate “science” has surrendered to capitalists.
Continue readingHow Multinationals Pad Their Budgets With the Wealth of Developing Countries
Transfer (mis)pricing: the jewel in every multinational enterprise’s crown.
Continue readingHow Powerful Mining Corporations Flagrantly Plunder the Global South Without Consequence
The process of corporate plunder in the global mining industry is aggravating social and economic inequality.
Continue readingThe Plot to Kill Venezuela
And who is caught between an economy reliant on oil revenues and a sanctions regime designed to create suffering? The people caught in the squeeze of factors beyond their control.
Continue reading‘Maria! Maria! It Was Maria That Destroyed Us!’: The Human Story of the Hurricane
The superpower neglect is something to behold.
Continue readingNotes From the Streets of Venezuela—The People Are Resilient in the Face of Foreign Intervention
“If the government falls, we will be evicted. We—the Black, the poor, the working class—will lose what we have.”
Continue readingInside the Neoliberal Laboratory Preparing for the Theft of Venezuela’s Economy
The academic laboratory of the Venezuelan coup has the highest academic pedigree of all.
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