Events will become increasingly difficult to predict as late-stage capitalism sees the oligarchy consume even the structures that had supported it.
The Chris Hedges Report: Economics of a Dying Empire
Category: Economy
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.
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Impoverishing Tariffs
The rest of the world isn’t ripping off the U.S. The American trade deficit is the result of chronically large budget deficits resulting from tax cuts for the rich combined with trillions of dollars wasted on useless wars.
Moscow Nights — and Days
Andrew P. Napolitano says that in his interviews with them, two of Putin’s closest confidants showed appreciation for Trump’s intended “reset” of U.S.-Russian relations.
Vijay Prashad: Washington’s IMF Stranglehold
In the deeply undemocratic institution, the U.S. effectively holds a veto over any major changes and molds policies according to its whims.