Globalization

The Prophet of the Far Right

Michel Houellebecq’s Islamophobia and chauvinism have made him a favorite intellectual of right extremists. So why does he appeal to so many on the left as well?

  • Martin Gelin

Citizenship v. The Surveillance State

We have surrendered the cherished value of “innocent until proven guilty” for the security logic that we are all “risky until proven safe.”

  • Matthew Longo

The Democrats’ Yawning Silence on Trade

The party has not articulated an alternative trade agenda that supports all the world’s workers in a global economy.

  • Erik Loomis

Left Behind by Korea’s Success

Hwang Sok-yong’s novel Familiar Things sounds a warning about the pitfalls of Korean reunification.

  • John Feffer

Will Robots Set Us Free?

The philosopher Herbert Marcuse saw machines as our greatest hope for real liberty. But in Trump’s America, automation feels more totalitarian than ever. 

  • David Moscrop

Globalization Survived Populism Once Before—and It Can Again

Forget retraining and compensation programs. History offers a better way forward. 

  • Suzanne Berger

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Will Amazon Take Over the World?

What the rise of megaplatforms means for the rest of us.

  • Frank Pasquale

A Defense of Slowbalization

When it comes to globalization, slowing down is the best way forward.

  • Andrew Schrank

Is Globalization to Blame?

The loss of jobs that accompanied globalization could have been avoided.

  • Dean Baker
with responses from
  • Peter Evans
  • Robert Lepenies
  • Susan N. Houseman
  • Michael J. Piore
  • Harley Shaiken
  • Alan Tonelson
  • Daron Acemoglu
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