Carbon dioxide emission taxes, prices and markets have been touted as key to stopping global heating. However, carbon markets have failed mainly because they favour the rich and powerful.
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Developing Countries’ Government Debt Crises Loom Larger
Developing countries are being blamed for having borrowed and spent irresponsibly. But they have only been doing what foreign powers and financial interests have urged them to do.
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Industrial Policy, East or West, for Development or War?
Developing countries wanting to pursue industrial policy were severely reprimanded by advocates of the ‘neoliberal’ Washington Consensus. Now, it is being deployed as a weapon in the new Cold War.
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Viable, popular national economic alternatives require conditions to help build and sustain them. An independent, accountable government can ensure supportive institutions, including laws.
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Imperialism, Globalisation and Its Discontents
Imperialism continues to dominate the world. Globalisation is losing to some of its anti-theses, but imperialism still rules, increasingly by law, albeit in changing even contradictory ways.
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Onerous Debt Making Poorest Poorer ift.tt/7qxkEzs

PPPs’ Private Gain at Public Expense
At high cost and with dubious efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have increased private profits at the public expense. PPPs have proved costly in financing public projects.
ipsnews.net/2024/01/ppps-p…

Ungku Aziz’s lasting footprints in Malaysia's sands of time open.substack.com/pub/jomodevplu…

Ungku Aziz’s lasting footprints in Malaysia's sands of time open.substack.com/pub/jomoglobal…

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KS Jomo IDEAs speaking about the implications of the political weaponisation of economic strategies by rich countries.

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The World Bank insists private finance is needed for economic recovery and the Sustainable Development Goals but does little to ensure profit-hungry commercial finance serves the public interest.
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Inflation phobia, myths and dogma exacerbate policy responses*
by Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram has just been published by the Review of Keynesian Economics as one of two free articles you can download from:
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Interview by Julien Vercueil and Adrien Faudot
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Inflation, targeting and their implications youtube.com/watch?v=RSFnkf…

Oxbridge Society conversation about the economy youtu.be/yFVHalossyI

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Jomo will share his insights on Malaysia’s future in a fractured world, shaped by growing geostrategic conflicts and increasingly polarised domestic politics. How can Malaysia navigate these turbulent times and achieve meaningful development for all? youtube.com/watch?v=yFVHal…