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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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Autor: Oscar Ugarteche, Armando Negrete
Un sátrapa en la presidencia de Estados Unidos
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Resumen: Según la Academia de la Lengua Española, se entiende por sátrapa a la “persona que gobierna despótica y arbitrariamente y que hace ostentación de su poder”. No existe un sustantivo adjetivado más exacto para definir al actual presidente de EEUU. Para gobernar, un sátrapa avanza con el vaciamiento del Estado e instala a su familia en los puestos de control, conforma un gobierna con su familia, para su familia y en familia. Bajo estas condiciones, la posibilidad de gestión política de los problemas económicos, militares y sociales no puede ser democrática. |
Autor: Oscar Ugarteche, Eduardo Bastida
El falso redespliegue y la debilidad del dólar
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Resumen: Un antiguo fantasma persigue al dólar estadounidense. Desde 1960 se habla de que llegará el punto donde el financiamiento externo del déficit comercial de EEUU terminaría. La llegada de Donald Trump a la presidencia ha hecho crecer el riesgo país de EEUU y ha alejado a los capitales de corto plazo, contrario a la idea que el alza de la tasa de interés los atraería de regreso. El efecto ha sido una depreciación del dólar en lo que va del 2017, que visto desde América Latina, se percibe como una apreciación de nuestras monedas. Ante la incertidumbre del dólar se observa el aumento del uso de otras monedas en el comercio regional y una reinauguración de la discusión sobre si son necesarias nuevas unidades regionales de cuentas. |
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