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Oil-rich Gulf Turns to Renewable Energy

By Kunda Dixit* ABU DHABI, Jan 29 2020 (IPS) – The increased frequency of climate-induced weather extremes and public opinion pressure are forcing even major fossil fuel exporting countries in West Asia to make a big push towards renewable energy.… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, energy, Environment

The Guardian view on Davos: capitalists know they must do better

Editorial The climate crisis and social unrest could finally force corporate leaders to think beyond the profit motive When Klaus Schwab founded the World Economic Forum in an Alpine ski resort in 1971, he wasn’t to know that the 30-year… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Environment, Globalization, Neo-liberalism

Billionaires Beware

By Anis Chowdhury * and Jomo Kwame Sundaram**   SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 2020 (IPS) – The latest November 2019 UBS/PwC Billionaires Report counted 2,101 billionaires globally, or 589 more than five years before. Earlier, Farhad Manjoo had seriously… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Democracy, Development, Globalization, Human Rights, Neo-liberalism, Populism, Sustainable Development

As Digital Earth gains momentum, China is setting the pace

By Davina Jackson * – The Conversation Al Gore’s 1992 forecast of a Digital Earth — where satellites beam data to reveal all the planet’s environmental dynamics – has gained momentum with the publication of the Manual of Digital Earth… Continue Reading →

Commerce, culture, Development, Economy / Finance, Globalization, History, Human Rights, Politics

Today’s tech industry mirrors the pre-2008 financial industry. Have we learned our lesson?

By Daniel M. Price* –  The Washington Post  Data-driven innovation from the tech industry promises to improve productivity, competitiveness and growth across the global economy. But it also poses significant risks, such as hacking, data breaches, the exploitation of personal data… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Digital Age, Economy / Finance, Politics

The Strategic Battle for Lithium. Huge Reserves in Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

By Enzo Pellegrin – Global Research On March 15, 2018, Maurizio Stefanini, reporter of an italian right think-tank, complained that the huge reserve of Lithium present in Bolivia was in the hands of the State“” and of the bad example“”… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Corruption, Economy / Finance, Human Rights, Intelligence, Neo-liberalism, Violence

The Pressure on China

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has begun minor operations to try to quell the unrest in Hong Kong. This is a step that the Chinese hoped to avoid. For one thing, they wanted to… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Multilateralism & Unilateralism, Politics

The Limited Utility Of The Iran Sanctions

By Kenneth Katzman(*) – LobeLog (**)  The objective of any sanctions regime is not to punish the target country or weaken its economy as an end in itself. Rather, a sanctions campaign—including the Trump Administration’s policy of “maximum pressure” on… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Intelligence, Neo-liberalism, Populism

Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations

By Jena McGregor* – The Washington Post The organization representing the nation’s most powerful chief executives is rewriting how it views the purpose of a corporation, updating its decades-old endorsement of the theory that shareholders’ interests should come above all… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism

Stocks Whipsaw as Traders Face Conflicting Trade War Signals

By Alexandra Stevenson*, Amie Tsang and Matt Phillips –  The New York Times Stocks in the United States swerved up and down on Thursday after China sent conflicting signals about how it would respond to President Trump’s threats of new… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Globalization, Multilateralism & Unilateralism, Neo-liberalism, Populism

U.S. Currency Wars With China—Past And Present

B Steve H. Hanke * –  ZeroHedge.com In a purely political move, the Trump administration (read: the U.S. Treasury) has branded China as a currency manipulator. This is an act of war. After President Trump announced that even more tariffs… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Populism

Resistance to US intervention in Sri Lanka

Asoka Bandarage* – Asia Times The Indian Ocean is one of the most contested regions in the world today. China, the US and India, and also Japan, Saudi Arabia and other rich and powerful states, are struggling for influence over… Continue Reading →

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China Tries to Teach Trump Economics

By Paul Krugman* – The New York Times But he doesn’t seem to be learning. If you want to understand the developing trade war with China, the first thing you need to realize is that nothing Donald Trump is doing… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Neo-liberalism, Populism

President Trump’s Fruitless Trade War

By The Editorial Board (*) – The New York Times The Trump administration continues to escalate its confrontation with China, but there is no clear goal — and no end in sight. President Trump told the American people that confronting… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Globalization, Populism

Bretton Woods Institutions: Enforcers, Not Saviours?

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram           SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 2019 (IPS) – According to their own internal evaluations, both the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have huge credibility deficits due to the… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Globalization

China accuses US of ‘deliberately destroying’ world order

Dominic Rushe* – The Guardian Trade war rhetoric ratchets up as Beijing responds to US claim of being ‘a currency manipulator’ China stepped up the trade war rhetoric on Tuesday, accusing the US of “deliberately destroying international order” with “unilateralism and… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Multilateralism & Unilateralism, Politics, Populism

Where’s the U.S. trade war at in August 2019?

Oscar Ugarteche / Armando Negrete (*) – ALAI U.S.-China trade negotiations will resume the first week of August in Shanghai. So far, neither side has yielded to the conditions of the other. It can be recalled that the United States… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Globalization, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Populism

Britain’s trade talks with the United States are in trouble

By Anna Isaac – The Telegraph Britain has failed to make meaningful progress towards a free trade deal with the United States amid “chronic” staffing shortages and communication breakdowns in Whitehall, according to a cache of documents seen by The Telegraph.… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Neo-liberalism

Trump Is Losing His Trade Wars

By Paul Krugman – The New York Times The pain is real, but the coercion isn’t. Donald Trump’s declaration that “trade wars are good, and easy to win” will surely go down in the history books as a classic utterance… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Globalization, Human Rights, Populism

Samarkand, on the Silk Road

By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine The former Soviet republic returns to its origins at the hand of China In Uzbekistan, in the heart of central Asia, is the mythical Samarkand, whose name is associated with a beautiful… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, History, Turism

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