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Scarcity in an Age of Plenty

As food and fuel prices continue to increase, writes Joseph Stiglitz, the world must look to new patterns of consumption and production.

 
Mother Earth's Triple Whammy: Why North Korea Was a Global Crisis Canary

If we want to understand where the environment is heading, writes John Feffer, then we only need look to the example of North Korea - the world's climate change canary.

 
Globalisation is not good: Globalisation for the Common Good is good

A response to Peter Mandelson’s recent pro-globalisation article in the Guardian from Kamran Mofid, founder of Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative.

 
Lost in the System: What Has Happened to Bush’s Secret Prisoners?

Guantánamo has proved a useful distraction from the secret detention camps run by the US around the world, writes George Monbiot.

 
Millions in Africa Could Starve - Kofi Annan

The food crisis is threatening to "destroy years, if not decades, of economic progress" as "100 million people are being pushed back into absolute poverty", according to former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.

 
World Bank and IMF Emergency Loans: A Cure or a Curse for the Food Crisis?

The World Bank's response to the food crisis is a 'fire-extinguisher' approach that fails to address its root causes, argues Eurodad - namely the unregulated process of trade liberalisation, structural adjustment and stringent conditionality implemented by the World Bank and the IMF in the first place.

 
Our Gilded Age

To speak of a second Gilded Age is now a cliche - but as it draws to a close, the real question is 'what happens next?', writes Doug Henwood in The Nation magazines special issue on the New Inequality.

 
Obama's Chicago Boys

Lookout, warns Naomi Klein - Barack Obama has openly declared himself as a pro-growth, pro-free trade guy who "loves" the open market.

 
How Europe Underdevelops Africa - And How Some Fight Back!

Despite a history of colonial repression and exploitative modern-day trade deals with the EU, African civil society movements are beginning to win through.

 
The City Has Got its Head in the Clouds if it Thinks Business Can Go on as Usual

Banks need reining in - and to be punished for their stupidity and recklessness, says The Guardian's economics editor Larry Elliott.

 
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