The Globalist

The anthropological dimension of why we blame “globalization” for our own, very human lack of proper action and understanding.

Americans are systematically lulled into believing that inequality is an unalterable fact of life.

Is a world of approximately equal country incomes really possible to envisage any time soon?

Overcoming nationalistic barriers is more urgent than ever for pro-Western Asian countries.

With the decline of the middle classes, social classes are back on the global agenda. That is politically dangerous.

The neocon factor dramatically changes the interpretation of the Trump administration’s unilateralist international economic policy chatter.

Trumponomics: How Trump skillfully used anti-globalization as bait to cover up his extremely neoliberal switch.

A self-fulfilling prophecy of failure: Welfare states attract a lot of unskilled migrants who fail to assimilate. A political disaster is looming.

Populists movements will continue to win elections because there is something profoundly wrong with modern capitalism.

Stephan Richter’s interview on NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report, on the latest G20 summit in Germany and signs of the U.S. under Trump backing away from globalization.