Up From Sweatshops

For decades, economists have promoted low-wage textile industry as the best way for poor countries to build a manufacturing base. In East Africa, the promised trickle-down effects of foreign investment have not materialized.

A Reparative Politics for the Climate Crisis: A Roundtable

Kate Aronoff, Richard Kozul-Wright, Asad Rehman, Thea Riofrancos and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò ▪ Spring 2021

To envision a global Green New Deal requires a serious effort to grasp the deep inequities of the international economic order.

Restorative Justice in Indian Country

Michelle Chen ▪ April 16, 2021

Wellness courts provide an example of how some tribal governments are using indigenous sovereignty to build a community-based justice system, rooted in support and trust rather than punishment.

The Rise and Fall of Multilateralism

Walden Bello ▪ Spring 2021

A quarter-century ago, the multilateral system of global economic governance had reached its pinnacle. Today, the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank are experiencing a deep crisis of legitimacy.

The Next Amazon Union Drive

Nelson Lichtenstein ▪ April 12, 2021

Lessons from the Bessemer defeat.

Hunger at the End of the Supply Chain

Penelope Kyritsis and Genevieve LeBaron ▪ Spring 2021

The workers who sew clothes for global apparel giants are facing widespread hunger and destitution during the pandemic—even as many of these corporations continue to turn a profit.

Belabored: Black Against Amazon, with Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 9, 2021

Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley discuss Amazon and the state of the Black working class.

The Divided Left in Ecuador

Pablo Ospina Peralta ▪ April 9, 2021

Rafael Correa has long been hostile to indigenous movements in Ecuador. It’s no surprise that they are reluctant to support his successor.

The End of Development

Tim Barker ▪ Spring 2021

Discussion in the United States about secular stagnation, a long-term tendency toward weak business investment and slow growth, has mostly focused on wealthy countries. But slowing growth around the world cannot be explained as the sign of economic “maturity.”