John Weeks is Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, and author of Economics of the 1%: How mainstream economics serves the rich, obscures reality and distorts policy, (Anthem Press), published earlier this year.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCutting to the chase: what the Brexit referendum didBrexit means Brexit – but what does that actually mean? To understand the EU referendum results, we first have to...
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Published in: HomeTrump and the myth of protectionist disasterDonald Trump’s vision of a new American hegemony is a threat to world peace. But not because he opposes trade liberalisation.
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Published in: HomeDonald Trump and the shape of things to comeBefore the end of 2017, the post-World War II global order of US hegemony will run its course, and authoritarianism...
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Published in: HomeBy the numbers: Barack Obama’s contribution to the decline of US democracyHow neoliberal doctrine undermined the Obama administration and ushered in the age of Trump.
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Published in: HomeTrump's victory represents the fulfilment of neoliberalism, not its failureThe Trump victory is not the rejection of neoliberalism but the necessary outcome of the neoliberal transformation,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit and the rise of the far rightOn Thursday 23 June 2016 the Far Right achieved its most important victory in British electoral history.