The story of the trade agreement is not just a story of power, it’s also a story of clever psychology says Professor Peter Drahos explaining the 1995 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects...
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A global effort will be needed to keep knowledge in the public domain says Peter Drahos is explaining the devastating impact of the 1995 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of...
Activities of investors and transnational corporations not only interfere in the regulatory space of States but attack the very essence of sovereignty and self-determination says UN Human Rights Council...
The 2008 financial crisis may be moving in a third wave that could devastate the Global South says Dr. Yilmaz Akyuz, Chief Economist of the intergovernmental organization, the South Centre March 28, 2016...
“You would not ask Citibank to design the bankruptcy law in the US. We know how it would design the law. It would have indentured servitude. Bankruptcy laws that come out of creditors are neither fair...
“Just two weeks ago, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, endorsed the bankruptcy process that is taking place here” says Eric LeCompte making the connection between global debt policy and poverty and inequality in...
Since the early 1980s Latin American debt crisis, we’ve advocated for clear, consistent, fair rules that allow countries with excess debt to work through that problem in a way that doesn’t damage their people...
“The Greek crisis has made it clear that individual states acting alone cannot negotiate reasonable conditions for the restructuring of their debt within the current political framework even though these debts...
The US, Canada, Germany Japan, Israel and UK voted against the resolution. Basically the political economy of it is that developed world governments feel they can ensure their banks somehow get repaid. If...
Twenty to thirty years of financialization means nations are much more at risk of financial and/or debt crises due to external debt obligations says Stephanie Blankenburg, Head of the Debt and Development...