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By Marshall Auerback This article was originally published on AlterNet and produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. We now know that there will be a changing of the guard at the European Central Bank…

By Marshall Auerback This post was originally published on AlterNet The breakdown in the Sino-U.S. trade talks has led a number of commentators to suggest that America’s “unipolar moment” of post-Cold War preeminence is over, as…

By Marshall Auerback This post first appeared on AlterNet Cutting rates at this juncture simply perpetuates current bubble-like conditions and therefore will make the ultimate outcome worse when the bubble inevitably bursts. The one…

By Marshall Auerback This article originally appeared on AlterNet. Airbus is considering whether or not to shift the assembly process of its latest generation of A330 planes to China as part of a bid to increase its market share in the…

The euro is “celebrating” its 20th anniversary this month, but they aren’t popping corks across the continent. The underlying assumption of a common currency—namely, that it would lead to a convergence of the member countries’ production,…

German and Japanese auto manufacturers succeed despite sticking to a high-wage model.

Ten years after the financial crisis, Trump’s rise to power is a consequence of poor governance.

China's membership in the WTO has been a disaster for Western manufacturing, employment and wages.

As good as the headline unemployment rate appears to be, we should worry that wage growth for the majority of Americans remains weak. The Federal Reserve, acting on the headline rate, will likely make a significant policy error and raise…

China's debt build-up has provoked increasing concern amongst Beijing’s policy makers. The resultant excess capacity exports deflation to the rest of the world. This creates pressures for China’s competitors which could engender a tougher…