What causes a recession? Told by economic historian John S. Gordon and visualized by a dancing performance, this short film focuses on emotions that are linked to recessions and recovery: fear and confidence.
Nancy Fraser starts out by introducing the multidmiensional cirises of the 21st century. Three dimensions are especially alarming to her: the ecological, the financial and social aspects of the crisis. Fraser then revives the ideas of Karl Polanyi, which he first presented in his 1944 book "The great transformation". She …
The author discusses the various dimensions of the recent hike in inflation in the context of the United States and policy dilemmas around high inflation, GDP decline and unemployment.
Wallerstein erklärt seine Sicht auf das mögliche Ende des Kapitalismus, wie wir ihn kennen. Dabei geht er auch auf die zukünftige Stellung der USA in den Internationalen Beziehungen ein. Mittels der Darstellung seiner Weltsystem-Theorie erfahren wir, warum wir alle kleine Schmetterlinge sind.
In this article, Jihen Chandoul discusses the importance of food sovereignty in Africa, reflecting on the continent’s early post independence movements for self sufficiency.
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