By George Friedman* The border between the United States and Canada has been closed. I don’t recall that ever happening before; I’m not sure what it is supposed to achieve, given that the coronavirus is rampant in both countries, and… Continue Reading
Bonnie Kristian * -Newsweek The deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations over who is to blame for the novel coronavirus may be a warning of things to come. Beijing has spent recent weeks in a concerted effort to shift blame for its… Continue Reading
By Brian Wong – The Diplomat, Asia-Pacific By shipping medical supplies to European countries, China is seeking to boost its image as a responsible global leader. The COVID-19 outbreak has taken the world by storm, leading to a near-total standstill in… Continue Reading
Asoka Bandarage* – Asia Times The number of people infected and dying from the Covid-19 pandemic is increasing exponentially. A massive loss of humanity, as occurred during the “Spanish” flu of 1918 that killed 50 million to 100 million, is… Continue Reading
By Tim Schwab* – The Nation Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself). His renowned charitable activities seem to serve mainly private interests, namely his own. A Nation investigation illustrates the moral hazards surrounding the Gates Foundation’s $50 billion charitable enterprise.… Continue Reading
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) – The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is hard to predict as events are still unfolding, and estimates vary dramatically. UNCTAD estimates lost… Continue Reading
By Ellen Brown* -The Web of Debt, Blog In what is being called the worst financial crisis since 1929, the US stock market has lost a third of its value in the space of a month, wiping out all of its gains of… Continue Reading
By Democracy Now! * Author, activist and journalist Naomi Klein says the coronavirus crisis, like earlier ones, could be a catalyst to shower aid on the wealthiest interests in society, including those most responsible for our current vulnerabilities, while offering… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures, The global medical community appears to have devised a strategy for mitigating the coronavirus that depends largely on quarantine, or limiting contact among the infected and potentially infected, thereby limiting the virus’ spread. No… Continue Reading
By David E. Bloom* WASHINGTON DC, Mar 17 2020 (IPS) – “Demography is destiny” is an oft-cited phrase that suggests the size, growth, and structure of a nation’s population determines its long-term social, economic, and political fabric. The phrase highlights… Continue Reading
By Antonio Martins* – Outras Palavras, Brasil Panic in the markets: the global crisis shows a tendency to be prolonged and deep. The “Davos Class” will respond with more inequality and less democracy. But a path has opened for the… Continue Reading
By Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano (*) – Independent Media Institute Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, in Miami in early… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures Since before World War I and throughout the 1970s, the people who controlled oil had a lever for controlling others. Since the 1980s, the equation has shifted; oil producers have become dependent on oil… Continue Reading
By The Editorial Board* – The New York Times Paid sick leave could slow the spread of the disease and its impact on the economy The Federal Reserve did what it could Tuesday to offset the growing economic impact of… Continue Reading
By Robert Jago* – The Nation When pipeline protesters shut down Canada’s railways, the prime minister stopped pretending to care about reconciliation. As we speak, Canadian paramilitary and police forces are occupying parts of the sovereign territories of the indigenous… Continue Reading
The Economist Boris Johnson is busy accumulating power in Number 10 The emperor Nero was reportedly in the habit of dipping dissidents in tar and using them to light his dinner parties. Boris Johnson has not so far shown an inclination… Continue Reading
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram* SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2020 (IPS) – Meeting the President of the Republic of Korea in September 2019, President Donald J Trump bragged that the “US economy is the envy of the… Continue Reading
The Economist Covid-19 presents economic policymakers with a new sort of threat It mixes demand and supply effects The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, or so reckoned Franklin Roosevelt. In many an economic downturn that is true—an… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21 2020 (IPS) – The United Nations, which has long preached the irrefutable concept of income equality to the outside world, is now accused of condoning wage discrimination in its own backyard. The message… Continue Reading
Reed Hundt* – Boston Review Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, and Henry Paulson still have not reckoned with the failures of neoliberal planning in the wake of the financial crisis More than a decade after the financial crises of 2008, the… Continue Reading
