{"id":210,"date":"2019-01-15T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsm.prolerat.org\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:06:11","slug":"global-economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/global-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Globalisation and Capitalism<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/economic-meltdown-in-argentina\/\">Economic meltdown in Argentina<\/a><em>&nbsp;We look at the economic background to the rioting and looting in Argentina, and the factors which led to the social crisis there.     <\/em>(February 2002)   <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/whos-afraid-of-the-w-t-o\/\">Who&#8217;s afraid of the W.T.O?<\/a><em>&nbsp;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.     <\/em>(December 2001)   <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/tobin-tax-what-a-joke\/\">Tobin tax &#8211; what a joke<\/a><em>&nbsp;The  call for a Tobin tax &#8211; a tax on financial transactions &#8211; is not     &#8220;anti-capitalist&#8221;, as some in the &#8220;anti-globalisation     movement&#8221; seem to think. <\/em>(December 2001)   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>A study of the shape of globalised capitalism and whether there is<br \/>\n    an alternative.<\/em><br \/>\n    (April 2001)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/1-globalisation-introduction\/\">1. Introduction<\/a>   <\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/2-the-move-towards-free-trade\/\">2. The move towards free trade<\/a>   <\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/3-the-imf-world-bank-and-structural-adjustment\/\">3. The World Bank, IMF and Structural Adjustment<\/a>   <\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/4-globalisation-is-there-an-alternative\/\">4 Globalisation &#8211; Is there an alternative?<\/a>   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Nations and Markets<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/dropping-the-debt\/\">Dropping the Debt?<\/a><em>Debt crisis for the world&#8217;s poorest nations.     <\/em>(May 2001)   <\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/financial-wizards-or-great-pretenders\/\">Financial wizards or great     pretenders?<\/a><em>The IMF and Ghana. <\/em>(October 2001)   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/ugandas-politics-of-alcohol-soap-salt-and-sugar\/\">Uganda&#8217;s politics of alcohol,     soap, salt and sugar<\/a><em>\u00a0Reflections on the Ugandan election. <\/em>(October 2001)   <\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/a-girls-best-friend\/\">A girl&#8217;s best friend<\/a><em>\u00a0Diamonds, Death and Profits. <\/em>(August 2000)   <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/going-for-oil\/\">Going for oil<\/a><em>\u00a0United States enters  Central Asia, seeking control over oil resources. <\/em>(January 1999)   <\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/boom-goes-bust-in-asia\/\">Boom goes bust in Asia<\/a> <em>\u00a0Thirty     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 &#8220;world economic     crisis&#8221;.<\/em> (October 1998)   <\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/russian-capitalism-in-crisis\/\">Russian capitalism in crisis<\/a>  <em>Russia  is in trouble; and its economy is in dead crisis. <\/em>(August 1998)<\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/chinas-transformation\/\">China&#8217;s transformation<\/a><em>China&#8217;s  move from state-run to free market capitalism. <\/em>(July 1996)   <\/li>\n<li><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/africa-and-the-reality-of-capitalism\/\">Africa and the reality of capitalism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/analysis\/\">&lt; Back to Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Globalisation and Capitalism Economic meltdown in Argentina&nbsp;We look at the economic background to the rioting and looting in Argentina, and the factors which led to the social crisis there. 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