Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

06 May 2021
This is part of a forthcoming Global Policy e-book on modern slavery. Contributions from leading experts highlighting practical and theoretical issues surrounding the…
06 May 2021
C. J. Polychroniou argues that we must keep alive the memory of, and draw strength and inspiration from, the accomplishments of the labor movement. May Day is celebrated in…
30 April 2021
Bill Gates has published an important book on an urgent topic, How to Avoid Climate Disaster. It’s mostly about energy, as it needs to be, so I want to discuss it. The book…
29 April 2021
This is part of a forthcoming Global Policy e-book on modern slavery. Contributions from leading experts highlighting practical and theoretical issues surrounding the…
22 April 2021
Amrita Narlikar explores the advantages and disadvantages of two competing narratives - to resuscitate and reinforce, or to restructure - on the future of…
21 April 2021
With events moving fast, Branko Milanovic on the commodification of everything.  I should feel happy. I got it right. The entire Chapter 5 of “Capitalism, Alone”  …
20 April 2021
C. J. Polychroniou looks at the evidence and wonders if our leaders' ever consider that capitalism is at the core of what’s causing life on Earth to vanish. The theme of…
20 April 2021
This is part of a forthcoming Global Policy e-book on modern slavery. Contributions from leading experts highlighting practical and theoretical issues surrounding the…
15 April 2021
The global economy experienced a massive contraction in 2020, with the overall global GDP falling by 4.3 percent. Compare that with the 2008 global financial crisis, which…
13 April 2021
Markus H.-P. Müller look to the past for a guide for how to deal with our turbulent present.  Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the fact that economies…