Globalisation and Capitalism
- Economic meltdown in Argentina We look at the economic background to the rioting and looting in Argentina, and the factors which led to the social crisis there. (February 2002)
- Who’s afraid of the W.T.O? The World Trade Organisation represents the interests of the capitalist class and is a product of the lessons they have learned for protecting their system. (December 2001)
- Tobin tax – what a joke The call for a Tobin tax – a tax on financial transactions – is not “anti-capitalist”, as some in the “anti-globalisation movement” seem to think. (December 2001)
A study of the shape of globalised capitalism and whether there is an alternative. (April 2001)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The move towards free trade
- 3. The World Bank, IMF and Structural Adjustment
- 4 Globalisation – Is there an alternative?
Nations and Markets
- Dropping the Debt?Debt crisis for the world’s poorest nations. (May 2001)
- Financial wizards or great pretenders?The IMF and Ghana. (October 2001)
- Uganda’s politics of alcohol, soap, salt and sugar Reflections on the Ugandan election. (October 2001)
- A girl’s best friend Diamonds, Death and Profits. (August 2000)
- Going for oil United States enters Central Asia, seeking control over oil resources. (January 1999)
- Boom goes bust in Asia Thirty countries covering a quarter of the world’s population are officially in recession. Even defenders of capitalism are now compelled to use the term “world economic crisis”. (October 1998)
- Russian capitalism in crisis Russia is in trouble; and its economy is in dead crisis. (August 1998)
- China’s transformationChina’s move from state-run to free market capitalism. (July 1996)
- Africa and the reality of capitalism