It is significant that the Fifth BRICS summit took place in South Africa. Until relatively recently, South Africa wasn't considered part of the club of emerging economies. In the past decade, some countries had begun to show an important role in the global growth...
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A Different Approach to Analysis of the U.S. and Global Economic Crisis | by Jack Rasmus
Both major wings of contemporary mainstream economists—'Retro Classicalists' and 'Hybrid Keynesians'—fail in fundamental ways to understand the qualitative characteristics of the economic crisis that continues to impact the U.S. and global economy. Neither wing has...
Can the green economy solve China’s development and environment challenges? | by Dorothy Guerrero
In acknowledging the many challenges that it is facing in achieving its development goals and addressing environmental problems, China has embarked on reforms aimed at rebalancing its economy to address its own problems and help in the global effort to abate climate...
What can we do to intentionally shape our collective destiny? (part 1 of 2) | by Claudio Schuftan
The following two Readers are a summarization of the key messages found in Global Health Watch 3, PHM’s alternative flagship publication that analyzes the current world health situation. 1. Our collective destiny is not in our hands. It is in the hands of a handful of...
The social and ecological crises of capitalism | by Chris Williams
Sometimes, the calendar of international conferences attended by global elites serves up potent lessons for the rest of us, when they shine a spotlight on the deliberately murky affairs of the people who run the system. As the 20 most powerful world leaders deliberate...
Can capitalism survive the end of growth? | by Cy Gonick
Richard Heinberg. The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality New Society Publishers, 2011 Publisher & Coordinating Editor of Canadian Dimension Industrialized economies have grown most years since the mid-19th century. Globally, economic output per...
An appeal to some supporters of women’s rights: Please stop promoting the 7 Billion scare | by Katie McKay Bryson
Katie McKay Bryson is Acting Director of Hampshire College’s Population and Development Program. The following are her remarks at the opening session of the From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom conference in Amherst,...
Saving resources and the environment: A modest proposal | by Fred Magdoff
There are significant numbers of people in the wealthy countries who believe that the great issues of resource depletion and global environmental pollution are caused primarily by the huge number of people on the globe — currently about 7 billion — and that things...
Why ‘living simply’ isn’t the answer | by Paul D’Amato
Paul D’Amato is managing editor of International Socialist Review. This article was first published in the U.S. newspaper Socialist Worker, in March 2001 International protests against globalization have cast a bright light on how transnational corporations run...




