"EU countries are significantly increasing their military power to revive the EU sluggish economic performance." NEW on European defense spending. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/rearm…

"Technolatinas are technologically subordinated to big tech and replicate their business models at the regional level." NEW, Carina Borrastero & Nacho on big tech in Latin America. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/techn…

"A growing sect of Panamanians online support handing back control of the canal to the US, a sentiment that undoubtedly stems from the rigid economic inequality produced by the transitista model." Camilo Lopez + Danilo Rivera's February piece on Panama phenomenalworld.org/analysis/canal…

"The increased budget that Lula negotiated before taking office has so far kept growth going at a somewhat high rate, but its lagged effects are bound to be reduced in the final two years of his term." phenomenalworld.org/analysis/contr…

“The postwar geopolitical order rested on three pillars: American hegemony, the fossil-fuel energy system, and an open, multilateral trading order. America has now attacked each pillar at the foundation of its hydrocarbon global order.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics…

"In the case of China, the tariff war breaks with years of cooperation in the fight against fentanyl. A return to cooperation would be necessary to limit the flow of drug precursors from China to Mexico." NEW, Itzel De Haro on the fentanyl trade today phenomenalworld.org/analysis/fenta…

NUEVO en Español La académica Itzel De Haro escribe sobre las relaciones complejas entre el mercado del fentanilo en Estados Unidos y sus efectos en las economías ilegales y los cultivos de aguacate en México. Pasen a leer acá: phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/fe…

Fentanilo, aguacates y aranceles phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/fe…

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In a recent interview Phenomenal World, Tang Xiaoyang, Prof. Tsinghua University & CISS Tsinghua China Forum Expert, discusses China’s development path, foreign policy, & global roles, emphasising that China offers a model of “coevolutionary pragmatism” for the #GlobalSouth.

A recent article I wrote on how the fentanyl crisis has reshaped drug cartels’ behavior and is eroding trade relations between the US and its neighbors

"Though originally intended to protect workers' ability to undertake collective action, today’s NLRA primarily benefits employers." New: Andrew Elrod interviews Ben Fong on organizing strategies beyond the NLRB. phenomenalworld.org/interviews/ben…

"The reduction in demand for heroin increased the rate of homicides and violent robberies in municipalities with avocado cultivation." Itzel De Haro on cartels and the drug economy. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/fenta…

"BlackRock, we learnt in Seville, should ensure that its 'investible' hospital in India, partly subsidized by concessional funding and partly by local health spending, ticks an SDG box." NEW from Daniela Gabor phenomenalworld.org/analysis/after…

"Las fuerzas detrás de la crisis climática y de la deuda han reforzado su control sobre las ambiciones de un desarrollo transformador" Daniela Gabor sobre la 4ta Conferencia sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo #FfD4 phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/de…

"Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia harnesses growth to fixed capital formation and embraces the state as planner and market actor. But it does so through the financialization of housing and debt-financed consumption." NEW: Colin Powers on SV2030. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sv-20…

"Desde os anos 1990, o liberalismo econômico é o instrumento fundamental do imperialismo para impedir o desenvolvimento do Brasil. Por isso, um projeto nacional de desenvolvimento deve, necessariamente, ser anti-imperialista" phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/entrevis…

Entrevista interessante do Prof. Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, sempre instigante. phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/entrevis…

"Enquanto competem entre si, as tecnolatinas dependem das big techs. Apesar do crescimento exponencial, elas atualizam o lugar periférico da América Latina na nova ordem do capital" Carina Borrastero & Nacho sobre big tech e gigantes regionais phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/analises…

"Desde os anos 1990, o liberalismo econômico é o instrumento fundamental do imperialismo para impedir o desenvolvimento do Brasil. Por isso, um projeto nacional de desenvolvimento deve, necessariamente, ser anti-imperialista" Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/entrevis…