Sequestering Military Spending
Even if sequestration cuts across all military programs, this sort of ham-handed approach is safely doable.
Is Europe Over?
What made Europe a compelling political, economic, and social alternative wedged between Anglo-American free marketeers and Soviet nomenklatura is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
Cut Deficit, Increase Militarization?
The planned cuts to the bloated U.S. military budget in the debt ceiling deal are long overdue, but lawmakers will likely slash civilian U.S. foreign policy instruments before they significantly reduce military spending.
China and the U.S. Debt
China is rightly critical of U.S. economic behavior. But it should also be looking more carefully at its own economic challenges.
Scrapping America’s Bootstraps
Entitlements include many of the basic programs that have raised the U.S. standard of living since the FDR administration and before.
Con Game
Has the U.S. economy turned into a pyramid scheme?
Debt and Empire
Congress is cutting left and right. Will they also cut empire?
Increasing taxes on America’s rich and corporations would end our debt and deficit problems, says IPS analyst
Expert available: Sam Pizzigati, an authority on efforts to levy significant taxes on America’s most wealthy and powerful.
PRESS STATEMENT: IPS Fellow Karen Dolan on “Uncompromising” Republicans in Congress
“Why do these uncompromising Republicans want to impose life-threatening austerity on 98% of us?” asks Dolan
Maceo Protests at Deficit Talks in Washington
A 10-year-old’s perspective of the debt ceiling debacle.
The Ideology that Drives the Republican Party
The Republicans are scared of the world, and this drives their anti-government mania.
Why a Real Recovery Must be a Global Recovery
Civil society proposals to fix the global financial system would benefit ordinary people in impoverished countries and in the United States.
Border Crossings: Links Between Immigration, Debt and Trade
Debt cancellation, combined with new approaches to trade, investment, and aid, could help many developing countries reduce migration pressures.
How You Can Help Build a More Just and Sustainable World Economy
Workers, consumers, and investors have the power to make a greener, more just planet.
The Great Reckoning Is Here
A corrosive problem lies at the root of our economic instability: our society and economy are rapidly polarizing.