This article analyses the phenomenon of rising powers from a historical materialist perspective. It (1) elaborates the key concepts of historical structures of world order, state–society complexes and transnational class formation, and (2) applies them to Brazil, Russia, India, China and other...

Geopolitical conflicts have increasingly been a driver of trade policy. We study the potential effects of global and persistent geopolitical conflicts on trade, technological innovation, and economic growth. In conventional trade models the welfare costs of such conflicts are modest. We build a...

Der Gründer der Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie-Bewegung Christian Felber widmet sich möglichen Alternativen zu TTIP, WTO & Co, deren Zustandekommen immer unwahrscheinlicher wird. Er plädiert konsequent dafür, der Ideologie von Freihandel, Standortwettbewerb und noch mehr Globalisierung endgültig...