The Post-Washington Dissensus
The Washington Consensus is dead. Here’s what needs to take its place.
Remittances: For Love and Money
The grassroots transfer of money from North to South can be a powerful tool of cross-border organizing.
The Frankenstein Alliance
Globalization has joined the United States and China at the hip, argues Emanuel Pastreich. The resulting merger, based on greed and consumption, is having a monstrous impact on the world.
Globalization in Retreat
One world economy ready or not? FPIF columnist Walden Bello argues that globalization has reached its high-water mark and is receding.
Militarism and U.S. Trade Policy
In recent decades, U.S. global economic policies have increasingly driven U.S. military policy.
Political Football
The clock is ticking. The current strategy doesn’t seem to be working, but Coach Bush is reluctant to try something new.
The Perils of Globeerization
In The Perils of Globeerization, Chris O’Brien argues that beer can literally save the world.
The Crisis of Multilateralism
On the eve of their summit in Singapore, the World Bank and IMF are in serious trouble, from a democratic deficit to a serious economic shortfall. Columnist Walden Bello writes about the event he was banned from attending.
Enron’s Pawns: How Public Institutions Bankrolled Enron’s Globalization Game
Enron’s collapse calls into question the policy of energy deregulation and so long as the World Bank, IMF, WTO, U.S. Government and corporations continue to advance this agenda of energy and power deregulation, all signs suggest that future
Global Economic Governance: Strategic Crossroads
The objective of this discussion paper is to examine in broad terms the emergence of a transnational citizen movement opposed to the current forms of global economic governance, while providing sketches of main analytical tendencies within this diverse movement.