The Europeans successfully resisted the American imperium’s impositions during the late Cold War years. They would not dream of any such effort now.
Patrick Lawrence: Exploding Gas Pipelines
Category: Economy
Jeffrey Sachs: Close the US Military Bases in Asia
Trump is looking for ways to save money — an excellent idea given that the U.S. federal budget is hemorrhaging $2 trillion a year. Here’s where to start.
Vijay Prashad: BRICS & Industrial Development
With the expansion of the group to more countries of the Global South, a revival of the “Bangdung Spirit” is taking place, but not without its contradictions.
The Chris Hedges Report: Economics of a Dying Empire
Events will become increasingly difficult to predict as late-stage capitalism sees the oligarchy consume even the structures that had supported it.
A New International Order?
Progressives’ support for a multilateral world often ignores how much the emerging new world is similar to the old one, a point also missed by Jeffrey Sachs in speaking of a “new international order,” writes Asoka Bandarage.
Craig Murray: Trump, Tariffs & Trade
There is no danger of the U.S. being unable to finance trillion-dollar trade deficits in the next few years. But for how long?
Jeffrey Sachs: Birthing a New International Order
The multipolar world will be born when the geopolitical weight of Asia, Africa, and Latin America matches their rising economic weight.
Tariffs & the US Constitution
No emergency means there is no lawful basis for Trump’s imposition of the tariffs, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Nor is there any constitutional basis for the underlying statute.
Vijay Prashad: Beyond a World of Debt
With the churning of the global order, there might now be an opportunity to create new financial strategies for development.
Trump Tariffs Will Concentrate Wealth Even More
Trump’s trade war is a class war designed to weaken progressive taxation, writes Omar Ocampo.