The Sly Art of Bribery
International treaties on bribery are often cosmetic, which Walmart will soon find out.
Category Archives: Globalization
TRIPS down the wrong path
The April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day, which propagates myths about IP piracy.
Threat of Biological Weapons
The pharmaceutical industry has successfully lobbied to weaken the international Biological Weapons Treaty.
Democratic Farce at the World Bank
Once Jim Yong Kim was nominated by the US to head the World Bank he couldn’t lose. Since its formation, World Bank elections have been a farce.
Let’s have a free market in IP
The idea that IP is “property” needs to be challenged.
Water Wars
As population outstrips water resources the world could be entering a dangerous period.
The Carthaginian Bailout
The Greek bailout should be structured to rebuild the Greek economy, not rip it apart.
For Bankers, Nothing Changes
Bankers oppose regulatory reform that will save them from their own follies.
Frankenstein Inc.
Complex corporate structures can be used to hide corrupt practices.
The New Crusaders
US Republican contenders attacks on President’s Obama’s apology to Afganis for burning Korans just helps extremists.
Plundering Neptune’s Bounty
The World Bank voluntary program to address overfishing will not work.
Who’s Bankrolling the Climate Skeptics?
Corporations are using neoliberal think-tanks as proxies to create doubt about climate change.