Global Economy

A discussion paper for Foreign Policy in Focus.

Where activists stand five years after their landmark protests reshaped the globalization debate.

In the wake of the natural disaster, the real need is to go beyond a freeze on payments and to promote debt cancellation for impoverished countries.

The departed Pope's vision of an alternative globalization should challenge narrow debate about "moral values."

How 100% debt cancellation for poor countries—now being debated by wealthy nations—was transformed from an implausible demand into a winning issue, and what barriers lie ahead for the debt relief movement.

The White House's failure to push forward its latest "free trade" deal is a victory for working people throughout the Americas.

Ten years of pressure led to change of wealthy nations' position.

The G8 debt deal should provide an opportunity for us to claim our victories while still pushing for more.

New disputes are calling into question what the Central American Free Trade Agreement will look like in practice.

Will the U.S. lose its influence over countries that have paid off their IMF loans?