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Who Plans the Economy? Imagining Fair and Free Trade
We need new trade and investment rules that shift control from the plutocratic private owner to the democratic public.
The Remaking of the Global Working Class
It is likely that we are just at the beginnings of a new worldwide upsurge of labor and class-based mobilization.
An End of Power? The Weakening of the Transnational Ruling Class
Moises Naim's argument that we need to attend to shifts in how power operates is right, but he is wrong in claiming power no longer exists.
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Connecting the Dots the P2P Way: The Commons as the Response to the Structural Crises of the Global System
With the growing awareness of the vulnerability of the planet, we need to ready the alternatives and begin creating the next system now.
Yanis Varoufakis on the Origins of the European and Global Economic Crisis
In this video, acTVism Munich interviews Yanis Varoufakis, a world renowned economist who was a former member of the Greek parliament.
The Geopolitics of the US’ Global Decline: Washington vs. China in the 21st Century
US leadership has failed to grasp the significance of a radical global change underway.
Richard D. Wolff | Critics of Capitalism Must Include Its Definition
How an economic system organizes the production, appropriation and distribution of its surplus neatly and clearly differentiates capitalism from other systems.
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Transnational Companies Driving Deadly Conflict in Guatemalan Indigenous Territory
The communities have come to view the energy projects as yet another invasion of their territory.
Trillion Dollar Loss for Developing World Annually, GFI Reports
According to the report, Sub-Saharan Africa loses more money than any other region to illicit financial flows.
Richard D. Wolff | The Wages of Global Capitalism
A new report by the International Labor Organization exposes the immense costs of a globalizing capitalism for wage earners.