by Jochen Schmon| JHI Blog
Written by Ritika Passi. The article discusses the weaponisation of different chokepoints, using the India-Pakistan water dispute as a case study. It applies these insights to Taiwan, underscoring …| Taiwan Insight
This essay was originally published by American Mind on June 11th, 2025. A country is more than just a group of self-interested individuals. Ever since “Liberation Day,” President Trump’s tariff policy has provoked spirited public discussion. Supporters and opponents have vigorously debated the economic and political consequences of the administration’s departure from our governing elites’ […] The post Trump’s Patriotic View of Trade appeared first on The American Way of Life.| The American Way of Life
The International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) 2025 Global Rights Index was released on 2 June. The report presents a sobering picture of escalating violations of workers’ rights globally. Based on data from 151 countries, the Index reports that 87% of countries violated the right to strike, 80% restricted collective bargaining, and over 70% impeded union […]| Developing Economics
June 25 marked the 50th anniversary of the Los Horcones massacre, a gruesome and desperate event that still haunts Honduran society and is emblematic of major forces that have shaped much of modern global history. A thorough and well-sourced description of the Los Horcones massacre and its context is provided in Penny Lernoux’s now-classic, Cry| CovertAction Magazine
by Jawied Nawabi* At least, since the end of WWII the world has advanced significantly in scientific knowledge, technology, and the institutionalization of universal human rights conventions, yet there still prevails enormous levels of inequality, malnutrition, and poverty in the world. With all our advancements in the social sciences in the past seven decades on how […]| Economic Sociology & Political Economy
Dominant theories of international political economy leave little room for the influence of individuals. They also never anticipated that the United States might seek to completely upend the global economic order.| The Duck of Minerva
The history of nineteenth-century Russia does not get much attention in the West, and what little it does get usually focuses on people and events seen as precursors to Russia’s chaotic later history. As a result, any English-language book on the period, and there are not many, tends to be written by and directed toward […] The post Russia Enters the Railway Age, 1842–1855 (Richard Mowbray Haywood) first appeared on The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past.| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past
It is common knowledge that the vast majority of sociology is completely worthless, or worse than worthless, and that “social science” is an oxymoron. Still, the study of the societies of man can be a worthwhile discipline, as a branch of humanities, not the sciences. To be sure, the number of modern authors writing in| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
If twenty-first-century America has an idol, a graven image we collectively worship, it is Gross Domestic Product. All discussion about the flourishing of our nation is reduced to GDP, and its increase seen as an ironclad refutation of any who question whether America is, in fact, flourishing. But GDP, as today calculated, is largely fake,| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
Sand mined out of earth is the main component for making bricks that is the fundamental material for construction. UNEP in its report on Sand and Sustainability finds the global demand for sand is at 50 billion tonnes per year. Over the last two decades, the mining of sand has tripled around the world. Bhojpur […] The post Taking a Close Look at Sand Mining in Bhojpur, Bihar appeared first on Spontaneous Order.| Spontaneous Order
Written by Min-hua Chiang. This article examines the trend of Taiwan’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) amidst the geopolitical uncertainties. The declining reliance on China for manu…| Taiwan Insight
Claims of China's Debt Trap Diplomacy stem from a Western bias against China and China's opaque lending practices, but there is little evidence such claims are factual.| E-International Relations
Written by Gunter Schubert. Taiwan’s security is largely determined by the government’s ability to promote the resilience of Taiwan’s high-tech industries, especially semiconductors, to ensur…| Taiwan Insight
Climate change cannot be tackled by capitalist ecological policies of financial institutions and Western states but socio-economic justice and postcolonial epistemes.| E-International Relations
Written by Ming-Cheng Li. This article highlights the WTO as the fundamental economic pathway for Taiwan to join the CPTPP. Taiwan has demonstrated its willingness to conform to international stand…| Taiwan Insight
Intellectual property (IP) conflict of laws issues in disputes between private parties arise for a variety of reasons. Most infringe the plaintiff’s intellectual property rights in countries X, Y, and Z. Part of the infringing conduct might have been in one jurisdiction, while the effects are felt elsewhere. Infringing material can be instantly distributed to [...]| The Captured Economy
An excerpt from the second edition of Marion Nestle's book, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, out now.| ProMarket
Maria Cristina Galmarini-Kabala. The Right to be Helped: Deviance, Entitlement, and the Soviet Moral Order. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press,| GeoHistory
AKA “Cooperation, cultural evolution & economic development”. Where do ‘good’ or pro-social institutions come from? Why does the capacity for collective action and coope…| pseudoerasmus
Did an “invisible blockade” by the United States fatally undermine the Chilean economy under the presidency of Salvador Allende (1970-73)? Did it actually work? Short answer: No.| pseudoerasmus
My previous post about the political orientation of fascists got a response from Jonah Goldberg, the author of Liberal Fascism. This is my brief response to his.| pseudoerasmus
John Holbo at Crooked Timber reprises a debate which raged 7 years ago when a book called Liberal Fascism was published. His take focuses on Germany but mine puts more weight on Italy. I think the …| pseudoerasmus
The roots of the present Greek crisis lie in the political transformation of the country during the 1980s. (Disclaimer: Although this post is about Greek fiscal behaviour, I am not taking Germany&#…| pseudoerasmus
I have been sent two documents by the Soviet Cybernetician Glushkov which I am sharing here to make them generally available. The deal with the practical techniques that are needed to interactively…| Paul Cockshott's Blog
