Prabhat Patnaik shows that as capital is relocated, real wages do not rise, inequality widens, and global demand is suppressed. The system remains in protracted crisis;...
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GPEnewsdocs founder Lynn Fries is an independent producer of video news and documentaries with a focus on the global political economy. Lynn´s research and video-journalism activities as a not-for-profit public service began in NYC in 2007. In 2012, upon relocating from the US to Europe, she established her production studio in Geneva. Most of her work during 2007-2019 was core to advancing The Real News Network (TRNN) ECONOMY. After the departure of TRNN founders, Lynn´s association with The Real News ended in 2019. Prior to public service broadcasting, Lynn was a senior professional at major NYC and London based financial institutions where she worked in collaboration with international teams of research analysts and economists.
Prabhat Patnaik explains how the colonial system led to depression. Then, in advanced countries governments stepped in to increase demand and productivity, but how...
Prabhat Patnaik reviews the connections between imperialism and capitalism through history to stress that by necessity of the accumulation of wealth, somewhere demand...
Mega-corporations are all set to walk away with the keys to global governance of food and agriculture at the UN Food Systems Summit later this year. Pat Mooney talks...
For sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 global economic shock, it is imperative to break from policy choices that produce concentration of economic power and wealth...
Corporations have stepped beyond lobbying governments. They are integrating in policy making at the national and international levels. From agriculture to technology...
Intellectual property like pharmaceutical patents is part of the story why so many people face a long wait for COVID-19 vaccines says Dean Baker discussing the high cost...
Allied with landlords and monopolists, the finance sector is extracting economic rents from the economy that’s impoverishing US government, industry and labor says...
The governments of India and South-Africa backed by about 100 countries and counting are calling for a waiver on patents over COVID-19 related medicines and equipment...
Public interest led innovation in renewable energy is urgently needed. The financial sector is deeply compromised and cannot be relied upon to invest in effective...