Global Economy

History suggests that the battle over the bailout—which is set to be delivered through a once-obscure Treasury Department mechanism called the Exchange Stabilization Fund—has only just begun.

Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization opened the space for today’s critics of neoliberal capitalism.

A Q&A with author Sam Pizzigati.

Company founder Jeff Bezos did not become the world’s richest man by letting employees enjoy free-range lifestyles.

Is Muhammad Yunus selling ”free market” neoliberalism in the guise of liberal do-gooderism?

Does Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine hold water?

Doesn’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not.

How Thomas Friedman gets it wrong about globalization. An excerpt from How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008)

Alex Rivera, director of the new film Sleep Dealer, imagines the future of the Global South.

Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference? Yes. Here’s how.