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- Falling Shares of Labour Incomeby betaideas on 15 October 2024 at 06:39
The latest World Employment and Social Outlook Report (update for September 2024) from the International Labour Organisation highlights some disturbing trends. Importantly, it identifies a significant decline and then stagnation in the share of labour income in GDP, for the…
- Response of the Defeated: EV protectionism in advanced economiesby betaideas on 14 October 2024 at 13:53
In early October, in a show of pique, a European Commission proposal to impose additional tariffs of up to 35.3 per cent (on top of the pre-existing 10 per cent) on electrical vehicles (EVs) imported from China, was passed by…
- Imperialism’s Striving for Expansionby betaideas on 14 October 2024 at 06:50
The “inevitable striving of finance capital”, Lenin had written in Imperialism, (is) “to enlarge its spheres of influence and even its actual territory”. He was writing of course in a world marked by inter-imperialist rivalry, where this striving took the…
- Open Letter to the International Monetary Fund Board of Directors on the Need for Significant Reform of the Rate of Charge and Surcharge Policiesby betaideas on 11 October 2024 at 07:21
This Friday October 11, 2024, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to announce reforms to its policy on charges and especially surcharges, which levies extra fees on countries whose debts have surpassed certain size and time thresholds. We the…
- Crooked Bond Deals and the IMF Trapby betaideas on 7 October 2024 at 08:18
The Sri Lankan people have voted again for great change. They have elected a president from outside the political mainstream and rejected the political elite who have ruled the country since independence. Yet any president that comes to power now…