How Long Can America Maintain a War Economy
The United States will have to choose between its addiction to military spending and the economic demands of its population.
Jerry Mander, Paradigm Warrior
One of the great intellectual and strategic leaders of the global economic justice movement, Jerry Mander, died this week. His charge to us: don’t give up because you lost the first round. Educate movements and the public to fight back.
If CEOs Earn 1,000 Times More Than Us, They Don’t Need Taxpayer Dollars
Companies practicing racial or gender inequality cannot receive government dollars. It’s time to do the same for economic inequality.
We’ve Used Up Our One-Time-Only Economic Boost From Fossil Fuels
It’s high time to come up with a new model of economic growth and innovation that works for all of us.
Making China Great Again
If the U.S. and China think they can grow at each other’s expense, they’re snookering themselves.
Onshore Tax Havens
American elites don’t have to go to Panama to hide their money — they can go to Delaware.
Obama’s Visit to Cuba: Dangers and Benefits to the Cuban Revolution
IPS Board Member James Early and Alex Main delve into the risk-benefit analysis of Cuba opening up to the United States
How our screwed-up CEO pay system makes climate change worse
Runaway CEO pay at the 30 largest U.S. public fossil fuel corporations rewards short-term actions, with disastrous results for the world’s climate.
Report: Inequality in the Social Security Debate
How benefit cuts would impact health industry CEOs versus home health aides.
Facing the Threat of the Trans-Pacific Treaty
Damage from 20 years of NAFTA shows us why latest trade deal must be stopped. Free trade creates rich people, poor communities.
European Parliament Supports Robin Hood Tax in Landslide Vote
Yeas outnumbered nays by a margin of 6-to-1. The next step will be a vote in the European Council, which is likely to happen in early 2013.
The New U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty: A Public Interest Critique
The new U.S. model BIT does not go far enough to address the concerns that labor unions and environmental, development, and other nongovernmental organizations have raised consistently for many years.
CEO Pay on Morning Joe
Political commentators on MSNBC’s morning news talk show agreed that the forty-year trend of rising executive compensation is “obscene” and that Citigroup shareholders have a right to be upset.
More than 100 Economists Call for Trans-Pacific Trade Deal to Allow Capital Controls to Prevent Crises
In advance of Trans-Pacific trade talks, over 100 economists are sending a letter today urging negotiators to promote global financial stability by allowing the use of capital controls.
Public Scholar Series: Why Occupy Is A Front Page Story
IPS invites organizers with Occupy DC to discuss how the people’s critique of the global economy manifests itself in Occupations happening throughout the country and the world.