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THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS

Issue No. 571, 16-30 Jun 2014
Which way for the WTO?


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If US has its way, Doha Round is dead as a dodo
Prospects for concluding the Doha Round trade talks as a single undertaking are in jeopardy if the US refuses to reform its trade-distorting regime of agricultural subsidies.
by Chakravarthi Raghavan

Practising what they preach?: The IMF and capital controls
Kevin P. Gallagher and Yuan Tian assess how far the International Monetary Fund’s purported new-found openness to the use of capital controls extends.

Despite crisis, Europe continues to protect its banksters
by Julio Godoy

Of banks, financial institutions and citizens – a strange morality tale
Roberto Savio argues, contra Gordon Gekko, that greed is not good.

Social protection on the rise?
The principle of providing social protection for the poor and vulnerable is on the rise, but some countries have cut welfare benefits due to recession.
by Martin Khor

Multilateralism or global corporatism?
As they consider the way forward in international trade talks, WTO member states are confronted with two options: pursue further financialization and global corporatism, or bring about a multilateral trading system that genuinely serves the real economy.
by Chakravarthi Raghavan


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