Global Economy

If you think the third world debt crisis was solved at the meetings of G8 leaders last summer, think again.

Under Bush’s new Director of Foreign Assistance, Randall Tobias, U.S. foreign assistance will be more overtly political than ever. Can progressives in good conscience demand increased aid?

What will Evo Morales learn from leftist governments in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela?

While lavish agricultural subsidies illustrate wealthy countries’ hypocritical stance on “free trade,” ending them would be no panacea for human development.

A review of How to Succeed at Globalization: A Primer for the Roadside Vendor by El Fisgón.

Victories and challenges for the anti-sweatshop movement.

A new globalization must resist both Clinton’s corporate vision and Bush’s imperial one.

Protests this weekend will highlight the dramatic changes in the development debate of past years, and denounce the nefarious, US-backed policies that remain intact.

The World Bank invites cooperation from civil society, then buries critical findings.

Free trade agreement threatens Costa Rican environmental protections.