Economics

During his stay in Kazan, the Venezuelan president met with the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, and said he feels “very proud of the friendship” with Moscow. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gave a speech at the plenary sessions in the BRICS+/Outreach…

October 22, 2024 – A letter addressed to President Biden has been published today in the NY Times, urging him to overturn Trump’s harsh Cuba policy during his final 90 days in office while Cuba is simultaneously going through a…

In a recent article, Gilbert Doctorow asks the question about Israel and the Middle East ( “More on tails wagging dogs and vice versa”) Which of the United States or Israel uses the other for its foreign policy? Is Israel…

The question yet stands: what potential countries with high aspirations are gearing to join BRICS+, an informal association of developing economies, during the forthcoming summit this October 22-24. In the context of preparations for the BRICS+ summit, a number of…

The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations. By Damon Orion In July 2024, the Council Office of Financial Analysis (COFA) reportedthat Chicago, Illinois, was witnessing a struggling job market, a decrease in multifamily housing starts,…

Three were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on global inequality: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James Robinson, from the University of Chicago, shared this year’s prize for explaining differences…

Following the national protest held in Rome on October 5, which coincided with global days of action leading up to October 7 and was marked, particularly in Italy, by a climate of increasing institutional militarisation and government repression, this afternoon,…

In this interview, Antoine SOMDAH, former ambassador of Burkina Faso to the Russian Federation, an expert in international law and nuclear law, and a member of the United Nations Security Council (2008 and 2009), critically assesses the importance of the…

California is tackling the problem of textile and fashion waste with the country’s first law that requires clothing companies to implement a recycling system for the garments they sell. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act. The new law…

After several years of mounting fierce criticisms over the operations and performance of the International Monetary Fund [IMF] and consistently advocating for its structural reforms, Russia has reversed its position to get back into and strengthen its position with this…