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Europe’s Breadbasket and the Shock Doctrine

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2023 Will ballooning wartime debt allow agribusiness to make a feast of Ukrainian agriculture? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

Sri Lanka and the Great Lie of IMF Dependency

Ahilan Kadirgamar and Devaka Gunawardena / Himal Southasian Feb 23, 2023 Sri Lanka’s economic crisis demands urgent relief measures for a desperate citizenry and a new, self-sufficient model of development Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

China Shuts Down Mount Everest Climbing Routes

The Associated Press Mar 12, 2020 A roundup of the latest news on the world's coronavirus pandemic. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Companies Trim Outlooks, Travel and Staff as Virus Spreads

The Associated Press Mar 4, 2020 The coronavirus is changing the way companies do business — in the U.S. and across the globe. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Argentina’s Center-Left Peronists Celebrate Return to Power

LUIS ANDRES HENAO and DEBORA REY / The Associated Press Oct 28, 2019 Opposition leader Alberto Fernandez wins the presidency after a dramatic election in the economically challenged country. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Corporate Media Side With Chile’s and Ecuador’s Oppressors

Lucas Koerner / FAIR Oct 24, 2019 Working people are rising up against austerity, yet our political press only sees fit to describe the threat they pose to law and order. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Central Bankers’ Desperate Grab for Power

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Sep 17, 2019 Central bankers are proposing a radical economic reset that would shift even more power from governments to themselves. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Aug 7, 2019 The escalating trade war comes down to a clash of two models. Here’s why the West’s may not stand to win. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

America’s Global Hegemony Could Be Coming to an End

Paul Jay / The Real News Network Jun 7, 2019 A new Russian-Chinese alliance threatens to upend the existing world order, argues Rob Jonson of the Institute on New Economic Thinking. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Will the U.S. Start a War Against Iran?

By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute May 6, 2019 It would be yet another war in a region that has seen too much conflict in recent times. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump’s Venezuela Allies Have Credibility Issues of Their Own

Sharmini Peries / The Real News Network Mar 11, 2019 Virtually every member of the United States' new "coalition of the willing" is politically or economically compromised. An expert explains. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Haitians Seek Water, Food as Businesses Reopen After Protest

VENS SANON and DANICA COTO / The Associated Press Feb 18, 2019 Last week’s violent demonstrations prompt the U.S. to urge Jovenel Moise's administration to implement economic reforms. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )