Global supply chains (GSCs) – which account for around 70 percent of international trade – are often referred to as the backbone of the world economy. As tensions rise between major powers—especially the United States and China – many commentators fear for the future of GSC’s and hence the world economy. Such projections overlook how geopolitical rivalries have stimulated […]| Developing Economics
The Trump administration’s ongoing attempts at manipulating US government economic data echoes controversies that have existed in the realm of development data for decades. These controversies high…| Developing Economics
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The Social Dilemma that is currently streaming on Netflix has garnered much attention by raising a single question – how have we come to accept as normal the fact that a few hundred tech-enthusiast…| Developing Economics
8 posts published by victoriasgarro, plbds, pbehuria, RRowden, jamorganleedsbeckettacuk, Arif Novianto, Nick Bernards, and alibhagat during June 2021| Developing Economics
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4 posts published by Max Ajl, davidtemin, Eiman Zein-Elabdin, and hanazahir during July 2024| Developing Economics
The year 2025 will be the third consecutive year in which the Brazilian economy experiences sustained growth. During the first two years of his administration, economic expansion was above 3% annually, while the outlook for 2025 is for a slowdown: 2.4%, according to IPEA, one of Brazil’s leading state economic analysis agencies. Since June-July 2024, […]| Developing Economics
By Jacob Assa and Marc Morgan “The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.”― Joan …| Developing Economics
2 posts published by Carolina Alves and Farwa Sial during September 2025| Developing Economics
I met Professor Jorge Miglioli in 2000, the year I started my undergraduate studies in Economics at UNESP, Araraquara – Brazil, fully convinced it was the right path if you wanted to change the wor…| Developing Economics
‘if God the Father had created things by naming them, Elstir recreated them by removing their names, or by giving them another name’. Marcel Proust (II, 566) An emerging consensus originated in the…| Developing Economics
It is in vogue nowadays to describe the multifaceted and intertwined crises of capitalism without referring to capitalism itself. Obscure jargon of ‘overlapping emergencies’ and ‘polycrisis’ are br…| Developing Economics
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO’s) 2025 summit in Tianjin produced a series of outcomes that, although modest in appearance, are strategically significant. The most prominent developments were the agreement in principle to establish an SCO Development Bank, seeded with approximately ¥2 billion in grants and a further ¥10–14 billion in concessional loans from China. The summit […]| Developing Economics
Why do so many people who claim to “see the whole system” remain blind to power? This question struck me while listening to a recent episode of Planet Critical. The guest was Joseph Tainter, best k…| Developing Economics
In the past two decades, global health governance has undergone a quiet revolution, shaped less by sovereign states and more by the growing influence of private capital. The World Health Organisati…| Developing Economics
Junior Researcher at Institute of Governance and Public Affairs, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. I can be reached at arif.novianto@mail.ugm.ac.id or arifnovianto92@gmail.com| Developing Economics
In June, 1,200 scholars and activists from around the world gathered in Norway for a historic convergence of two movements: degrowth and ecological economics. During the closing plenary session, I listened to three speakers, two of whom—Kate Raworth and Max Ajl—represented radically different approaches to our current crises. Though Raworth and Ajl engaged in respectful […]| Developing Economics
On May 7th 2025, the Chilean government confirmed a report published earlier that morning: Chinese companies BYD and Yongqing Technology (Tsingshan Group) had abandoned their planned lithium cathode production facilities in Chile. This announcement dealt a significant blow to the ambitions of a country with a longstanding mining tradition, now striving to build industrial capabilities […]| Developing Economics
The effectiveness of private equity has been a subject of ongoing debate in countries of the Global North. There is substantial evidence highlighting the extractive practices associated with privat…| Developing Economics
Working as a product designer in media for the past five years, I’ve witnessed the topic of “design ethics” raised at industry conferences, presentations, and meetups. Yet I’ve noticed that in our …| Developing Economics
In recent years, the rise of platform monopolies such as Google, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft has sparked a growing discourse among scholars and public intellectuals, many of whom describe these dev…| Developing Economics
Map of Africa from 1583 The default unit of analysis for many economists when dealing with national economics is the state. Yet, in economics textbooks ‘the state’ is often assumed to be a neutral …| Developing Economics
What does decolonisation entail in the context of economics and economic development? This question has become increasingly urgent for the economics discipline as it grapples with its inadequacy in…| Developing Economics
Just as at the time of Bretton Woods, international economic law is essential to discourage destructive national policies. But it is also vital to understand how law, regulations and institutions a…| Developing Economics
By Serena Natile and Joy Malala Over the last few years ‘decolonisation’ has become an increasingly popular subject in Western academia. Broadly considered the process of recognising and undoing th…| Developing Economics
When we discuss the climate crisis in economics, we are often confronted with a debate resting on technical solutions, emissions paths, and energy use: a certain amount of time to go from coal to t…| Developing Economics
Calls for decolonizing disciplines, fields, even businesses have proliferated. The goals and meaning are not always clear, but any decolonizing process necessarily entails deconstructive and recons…| Developing Economics
