This presentation is from a meeting of the International Manifesto Group on Sunday, May 30th, 2021. The ongoing elections in Peru represents a complex instance of the divisions renting politics in Latin America: a revanchist right pitted against a groundswell of opposition to neoliberalism amid the pandemic. Ariela Ruiz Caro provides the essential background for …
This is the first webinar from Friends of Socialist China, a platform based on supporting the People’s Republic of China, and spreading understanding of Chinese socialism. The event was also organized by the Geopolitical Economy Research Group. This panel will take place over Zoom on Saturday 26 June, 9am US Eastern / 2pm Britain / 9pm China. …
This panel discussion was hosted by the International Manifesto Group on May 16, 2021. About this Event A critical part of understanding China today is understanding its social character: is it (state) capitalist or (market) socialist? What are the relevant facts? David Lane disinters the historical evolution of the term state capitalism to contest its …
In a meeting with the International Manifesto Group, Oscar Ugarteche provides updated analysis of debt problems G7 countries have incurred in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this seven-part, multi-week series in Canadian Dimension, Radhika Desai analyzes the COVID-19 pandemic, its political and economic ramifications in countries around the world, and its implications for the geopolitical economy of world capitalism. Radhika Desai is the Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group and a Professor of Political Studies at the University of …
This panel debates the significance of RCEP and the CAI in accelerating the shift of the world’s economic centre of gravity to the East. Unpacking China’s New Trade Deals was a panel discussion organized by the International Manifesto Group.The discussion took place Sunday, March 28th at 2:00-4:00PM GMT (8:00-10:00AM CDT) over Zoom. As Western-biased multilateral institutions …
In a this presentation to the International Manifesto Group, Óscar Ugarteche discusses the economic problems and prospects facing the G7 countries. He compares levels of growth, the rise of debt and fiscal position of G7 countries since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. He compares the G7 countries to one another, as well as comparing …
In this presentation to the International Manifesto Group, Maria Madi aims to discuss the health and economic risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. In 2020, the pandemic found Brazil with a poor economic recovery and little room for fiscal policy following the recession of 2015/16. The far-right president, who repeatedly denied the effects …
The Chris Freeman Centenary Lecture Series – Innovation Systems-101 – is an online lecture series that will take place over Zoom. The series will be starting January 7 and ending April 1 of 2021, with lectures at 2:00-3:00pm GMT. The target audience is budding researchers, grad-students and inter-disciplinarians who aspire to use the analytical frame of Innovation …
A talk with Radhika Desai, Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, and discussants Yasin Kaya in Toronto and Gary Porter in Victoria, B.C. Among the many ideas the pandemic has revived for reforming our broken economies, two have dominated. One is the idea of universal basic income and the other is Modern Monetary …