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Mikhail Gorbachev: the final leader of the Soviet Union

Naïve idealist, epic bungler, or tragic hero Mikhail Gorbachev once shared the global spotlight with Ronald Reagan. His passing away on August 30 reminded people of their different fates: while Reagan remains an icon of the American right, Gorbachev’s death elicited...
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Where does value come from?

Mariana Mazzucato's The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy Mariana Mazzucato is a very gifted writer. In this book, “The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy,” she provides us with the best 10-page summary of Marxist...
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The Global South in the WTO

Time to move from the defensive to the offensive The Global South should take advantage of the severe crisis of the organization to regain the policy space it needs to successfully adapt to a deglobalizing world economy. (Walden Bello) The World Trade Organization...
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Why the son of a hated dictator won the Philippine elections

The fallout from the results As a progressive activist, I’m dismayed at the election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by a landslide. But as a sociologist, I can understand why. I am not referring to the malfunction, intended or non-intended, of one thousand plus voting...
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