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Mie Inouye and Daniel Martinez HoSang discuss the challenges of organizing in a society that tears groups apart.
Instead of pouring public funds into private industry—as the United States did with COVID-19 vaccines—we must build public capacity and prioritize public objectives.
Twenty-five years of neoliberal political economy are to blame for today's regime of surveillance advertising, and only public policy can undo it.
To escape the imperial legacies of the IMF and World Bank, we need a radical new vision for global economic governance.
For decades, UK-based financial institutions have exploited loopholes to subvert regulations and shield the wealthy from scrutiny.
The Global South will suffer the most as colonial legacies, climate change, and capitalism continue to plunge millions into hunger.
Financial globalization was supposed to spur development. Instead it transfers money to the Global North and exacerbates existing inequalities.
The neofascist assault on democracy is a last-ditch effort on the part of neoliberal capitalism to rescue itself from crisis. The only solution is a decisive retreat from globalized finance.
Markets have played a central role in the country’s explosive development since the 1980s. But as GDP rose, inequality has soared—a stark turn away from earlier socialist ideals.
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