{"id":156190,"date":"2018-11-04T00:41:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T00:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=156190"},"modified":"2022-10-23T15:50:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T15:50:42","slug":"global-economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/global-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"meta\">All of these<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Global-Economy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong> Globalisation Part 1,2,3,4<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>as a pdf <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Global-Economy.pdf\">Global-Economy<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"meta\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/economic-meltdown-in-argentina\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Economic Meltdown in Argentina<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>We look at the economic background to the rioting and looting in Argentina, and the factors which led to the social crisis there.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/whos-afraid-of-the-w-t-o\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Who&#8217;s Afraid of the W.T.O?<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>The World Trade Organisation represents the interests of the capitalist class and is a product of the lessons they have learned for protecting their system.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/tobin-tax-what-a-joke\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Tobin Tax\u2014What a Joke<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>The call for a Tobin tax\u2014a tax on financial transactions\u2014is not anti-capitalist, as some in the anti-globalisation movement seem to think.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/globalisation-part-1-introduction\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Globalisation, Part 1: Introduction<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Introduction to a three part study of globalisation<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/globalisation-part-2-the-move-towards-free-trade\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Globalisation, Part 2: The Move Towards Free Trade<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Part of a three-part study of globalisation<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/globalisation-part-3-the-imf-world-bank-and-structural-adjustment\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Globalisation, Part 3: The World Bank, IMF and Structural Adjustment<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Part of a three-part study of globalisation<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/globalisation-part-4-is-there-an-alternative\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Globalisation, Part 4: Is There an Alternative?<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Part of a three-part study of globalisation<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/dropping-the-debt\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Dropping the Debt?<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Debt crisis for the world&#8217;s poorest nations.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140820123521\/http:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org:80\/spgb\/education\/depth-articles\/global-economy\/financial-wizards-or-great-pretenders-imf-and-ghana\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Financial Wizards Or Great Pretenders?<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>The IMF and Ghana.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140820123521\/http:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org:80\/spgb\/education\/depth-articles\/global-economy\/ugandas-politics-alcohol-soap-salt-and-sugar\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Uganda&#8217;s Politics of Alcohol, Soap, Salt and Sugar<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Reflections on the Ugandan election.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140820123521\/http:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org:80\/spgb\/education\/depth-articles\/global-economy\/girls-best-friend-diamonds-death-and-profits\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">A Girl&#8217;s Best Friend<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Diamonds, Death and Profits.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140820123521\/http:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org:80\/spgb\/education\/depth-articles\/global-economy\/going-oil-united-states-enters-central-asia\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Going for Oil<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>United States enters Central Asia, seeking control over oil resources.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/boom-goes-bust-in-asia\/\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Boom Goes Bust in Asia<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Thirty countries covering a quarter of the world&#8217;s population are officially in recession. Even defenders of capitalism are now compelled to use the term world economic crisis.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140820123521\/http:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org:80\/spgb\/education\/depth-articles\/global-economy\/russian-capitalism-crisis\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Russian Capitalism in Crisis<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Russia is in trouble; and its economy is in dead crisis.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140820123521\/http:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org:80\/spgb\/education\/depth-articles\/global-economy\/chinas-transformation\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">China&#8217;s Transformation<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>China&#8217;s move from state-run to free market capitalism.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140820123521\/http:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org:80\/spgb\/education\/depth-articles\/global-economy\/africa-and-reality-capitalism\" hreflang=\"en-GB\">Africa and the Reality of Capitalism<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Africa, a continent with virtually all the resources it takes for development, is the worst hit by hunger, starvation, armed conflicts, instability, displacement and abject poverty. Politicians, jockeying for the little resources left by the capitalist class, display the politics of hide-and-seek, repression and oppression.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/in-depth-articles\/\">\u2b9c  In depth articles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of these Globalisation Part 1,2,3,4 as a pdf Global-Economy &nbsp; Economic Meltdown in Argentina We look at the economic background to the rioting and looting in Argentina, and the factors which led to the social crisis there. Who&#8217;s Afraid of the W.T.O? 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