This page and its sub sections presents special reports, documents and embedded videos on global political and economic issues.
VIDEOS ON GLOBAL ISSUES
The Meaning of “Austerity”
Infowars.com
June 22, 2010
James Corbett
The Corbett Report
It’s an old trick to couch a painful reality inside of a flowery platitude. We hear it all the time in our daily lives, and for the most part we know how to read between the lines when someone tries to do it to us.
Where America Stands: Manufacturing
A half-million manufacturing jobs were lost during the recession. In the CBS News series “Where America Stands,” John Blackstone reports getting those essential jobs back may require a change in attitude.
Greece, a crisis born of neo-liberal madness
The Real News Network
March 10, 2010
Gérard Duménil: Cutting wages and social spending will make the crisis worse.
Dr. Duménil is one of the world’s foremost theorists of neoliberalism and economic crisis and is the author of numerous influential books, many of which have been translated into several languages.
Greg Palast Confronts The Generalissimo of Globalization
GregPalastOffice
Originally presented November 30, 2009
Investigative journalist Greg Palast travels to Geneva to ask some hard questions about the WTO’s latest attempts to win a losing game.
The Looting of America: Billionaire Bailout Society
RussiaToday
November 05, 2009
Prozac Nation or Bailout Nation? In an exclusive interview with RT’s Marina Portnaya, Les Leopold, author of The Looting of America says Wall Street with continue receiving welfare from the governm…
The Bailout in Under Ten Minutes
The Nation
October 6, 2009
The Nation’s DC editor, Chris Hayes, provides a quick run-down of the bailout, its limited trajectory, and what its limitations mean for the Obama administration. Although Hayes’ explanation is easy to understand, the continued profits that the bailout is providing for Wall Street–and no one else–is more difficult to swallow. Because of the staggering 17.5 trillion dollars being pumped, basically for free, into the banks, they’re making profits–but the bucks stop there.
Joseph Stiglitz on America’s Economic Meltdown
videonation
March 23, 2009
Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains what drove the US economy off a cliff and what steps need to be taken to rectify the situation during a Nation Institute panel discussion held…
Gabor Steingart: The New World Disorder
See the original broadcast on Fora.tv
This lecture delivered by Gabor Steingart at the Global Policy Institute in 2008 remains is as relevant today as when originally presented.
The 7 Fallacies of the Globalisation Debate: Is it destroying the West? The Flat World. Outsourcing. Free Trade.Each of these phrases is a flashpoint in one of the most heated debates of our lifetime: is it a force for good? – The Global Policy Institute
Excerpt from Gabor Steingart’s lecture on Fora.tv
Globalization, Trade, and the New Working Class
View the entire lecture as originally presented on Fora.tv.
