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Fecha: Lunes, Mayo 23, 2022 - 19:52
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For decades, the mainstream of both the Democratic and Republican parties favored expanding trade between the U.S. and other countries. Greater globalization, these politicians promised, would increase economic growth — and with the bounty from that growth, the country could compensate any workers who suffered from increased trade. But it didn’t work out that way. Instead, trade has contributed to the stagnation of living standards for millions of working-class Americans, by shrinking the number of good-paying, blue-collar jobs here. The incomes of workers without a bachelor’s degree have grown only slowly over the past few decades. Many measures of well-being — even life expectancy — have declined in recent years. All along, many politicians and experts continued to insist that trade was expanding the economic pie. And they were often right. But struggling workers understandably viewed those claims as either false or irrelevant, and they refused to support further expansions of trade. Fuente: |
Fecha: Miércoles, Mayo 18, 2022 - 21:40
Headlines are abuzz with the return of inflation, which, according to some measures, is now reaching 40 year highs. Considering that vanquishing inflation is supposed to be the one undisputed achievement of neoliberalism, why is it rising? Many explanations – from excessive money creation to disrupted supply chains to tightening labour markets and a post-lockdown surge in demand are offered. The view that it would be a short term affair is giving way to a more sobering assessment of its persistence, particularly since geopolitical conflict gave inflation a booster shot. As for its solution, one thing is clear, dealing with it as Paul Volcker famously did in the late 1970s is not a politically affordable option for governments beholden to elites whose outrageous fortunes depend on low interest rates. This panel will seek to examine this phenomenon by asking question such as why is inflation rising? Can we expect it persist? What are the major policy-options being discussed and what are their political implications of each? How should socialists think about this new problem? Fuente: |
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La apertura del sistema financiero de China (2019 y el 2020)
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Resumen: China realizaría cambios a las condiciones de propiedad de los inversores extranjeros, en su sector financiero en el 2020. La señal de Beijing se produjo en el contexto de la guerra comercial entre Estados Unidos y China. El objetivo es internacionalizar el Reminbi. La banca china se ha abierto a los inversionistas extranjeros como parte de esta estrategia y para cumplir con los acuerdos pactados con el FMI. Sin embargo, el gobierno chino ha aprendido la lección de la guerra americana contra el yen sostenida entre 1985 y 1990, y ha implementado los mecanismos de regulación necesarios para abrir su sistema financiero, con el propósito de contrarrestar ataques cambiarios y especulativos. |
El corazón de la guerra comercial: la carrera y la transición tecnológicas
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Resumen: La guerra comercial emprendida por EEUU contra China se da en un escenario de rezago tecnológico en las áreas de telecomunicaciones, energía, automóviles eléctricos, celulares y computadoras frente a China. EEUU comenzó a perder participación en el mercado mundial de alta tecnología a partir de siglo XXI y se concentró en completar sus cadenas globales de valor para aumentar su rentabilidad. China se convirtió en la mayor economía exportadora de alta tecnología, en 2018 exportó el triple del valor de estas exportaciones EEUU y más de diez veces que los países europeos. La necesidad imperiosa de EEUU por interferir el despliegue chino crece, y la vía comercial proteccionista no ha funcionado. Todo parece indicar que la guerra se va a pasar al campo cambiario y financiero. |
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