Why we can’t unscramble the egg of global trade
Industrial activities became more and more interconnected across nations, weaving consumers and producers into an ever more complex international web
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Reaching into the past for a better pandemic supply plan
Some vital economic sectors require government support and protection in order to grow and mature and not be held hostage to foreign influence
The Year 1000: a look at globalization’s roots
Author Valerie Hansen demonstrates that the concept of international trading networks and linkages goes back a very long way
Recalibrating globalization in a pandemic age
Who defines what’s essential and should thus be sourced domestically, even if it’s more expensive to do so?
They don’t build borders like they used to
The modern border is porous, malleable and surmountable. It’s not an effective deterrent for undesirable political, social, medical or economic consequences
Why Trump will win in 2020
Blame free-market globalization, and the accompanying wage stagnation and declines in middle-class living standards
Washington Consensus lit the fuse blowing apart the modern world
We’ve allowed market forces to replace a host of political-economic goals and considerations, and we’re far worse for it
