Beyond the Flat World - Part 3: From Coal to Currency: How Europe Engineered a $17 Trillion Neighborhood Economy Through Treaties and Trust28 February 2020·1036 words·5 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Treaty-of-Rome Single-European-Act Euro Brexit Regional-Integration Trade and Supply Chains
Beyond the Flat World - Part 2: Shipping Containers, Satellites, and SWIFT: The Paradoxical Technology That Made Neighbors Stronger Than Distant Partners27 February 2020·1354 words·7 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Shipping-Containers Fiber-Optics SWIFT-Network Global-Value-Chains Economic-Geography Trade and Supply Chains
Beyond the Flat World26 February 2020·150 words·1 minHistory and Critical Analysis Globalization Regionalization Commerce Supply Chains Neighborhood Economy Factory Asia 5G Robots Policy and Critique Systems Thinking Development and Inequality
Beyond the Flat World - Part 1: The Hidden Geography of Commerce: Why Globalization Is a Myth and Regionalism Is the Reality26 February 2020·1360 words·7 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Trade-Wars Supply Chains Economic-Hubs NAFTA European-Union Asia-Manufacturing Trade and Supply Chains
Capitalism Unmasked - Part 23: Finance - Economy's Brain or Parasite?25 February 2020·874 words·5 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Capitalism Finance Banking Economy Myth-Busting Policy and Critique
Capitalism Unmasked - Part 22: The Myth of Government Debt Crisis24 February 2020·793 words·4 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Capitalism Debt Fiscal-Policy Austerity Myth-Busting Policy and Critique
Capitalism Unmasked - Part 21: The Myth of Patent Protection23 February 2020·732 words·4 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Capitalism Patents Intellectual Property Innovation Myth-Busting Policy and Critique
Capitalism Unmasked - Part 20: The Privatization Illusion22 February 2020·708 words·4 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Capitalism Privatization Public-Services Efficiency Myth-Busting Policy and Critique
Capitalism Unmasked - Part 19: The Myth of Technological Unemployment21 February 2020·731 words·4 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Capitalism Technology Automation Employment Myth-Busting Policy and Critique
Capitalism Unmasked - Part 18: The Myth of Shareholder Primacy20 February 2020·760 words·4 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Capitalism Shareholders Corporate-Governance Stakeholders Myth-Busting Policy and Critique