Category: Economy
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‘So Far from God, so Close to the United States’: Responding to Biden’s Buy-American Auto Rebates
The recently passed US “Build Back Better Act” includes a section that is causing great angst for America’s co-signers of the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA).* Justified as addressing the environmental … Keep reading »
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Premature Declarations of Austerity’s Death
In a recent issue of Adam King’s newsletter, King interviewed Jim Stanford, perhaps Canada’s best known progressive economist. The interview revolved around the apparent recent reversal of negative attitudes to … Keep reading »
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G20 States Scheme to Avoid Economic Commitments at COP26
The G20, an exclusive club of mostly wealthy nations, met just before the COP26 in Glasgow and paid little more than lip service to the world’s leading problems, while preserving their own financial dominance. Keep reading »
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Neoliberalism, Unions, and the Left /w Sam Gindin
We are joined by Sam Gindin, a legendary Canadian labour researcher, author, and organizer, to chat about a wide-range of topics involving the state of labour in North America. Listen to audio »
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The Latest IMF Bean-Counting Scandal
“Torture the data until they confess” (or until you’re busted), economists profess After a major leadership crisis that further degrades the Bretton Woods Institutions’ number-crunching credibility by revealing a pro-corporate … Keep reading »
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Winning the Case for Transformative Left Economics
Facing environmental breakdown and a global pandemic, the need for a radical overhaul of our economic system has never been clearer. But following Labour’s defeat in the 2019 general election, … Watch video »
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Building Back Better or Return to Austerity?
The COVID-19 pandemic is ebbing. Governments have amassed unprecedented debts in responding to this public health threat. Soon a choice must be made as to which direction we follow: build … Keep reading »
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The Struggle for Development: The Labouring Classes in Turkey
The below is drawn from the preface for the newly published Turkish edition of The Struggle for Development, first published in 2017. The original edition aimed to root development thinking … Keep reading »
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An End to the Crisis? The IMF’s $650bn Special Drawing Rights Stimulus
CADTM: In late August 2021 the IMF announced that it would supply the global economy with $650-billion (US) to meet urgent needs. This would be achieved through an increase in … Keep reading »
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SR21: Community Restaurants / Postcapitalism: Alternatives or Detour?
Dual Presentation with Benjamin Selwyn and Greg Albo, from the 2021 Socialist Register. Watch video »
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The State and Global Capitalism
Part 3 of the “Beyond the Socialist Impasse: Remembering Leo Panitch” series. Discussion with Jayati Ghosh, Nicole Aschoff, Clyde Barrow, Rick Wolff and Doug Henwood. Moderated By Zhun Xu. Closing … Watch video »
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Commodification, Capitalism and Alternatives
The critical analysis of commodification begins from the turning of every human need into a priced good sold in a capitalist market, notably the sale of certain goods such as … Keep reading »