The Trump administration says its new tariffs are aimed at combating forced labor. But the countries with the highest rates of modern slavery are largely exempt, while countries with the lowest rates are being hit with tariffs. So what are the tariffs really targeting?
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
The dramatic cuts in tax rates in the United States over recent decadeshave not led to an acceleration in economic growth, investment, or productivity. Read more »
A brief anatomy of the “econo-cide” being committed by ruling elites in a region which long dominated the global economy but soon no longer will. Read more »
