Archive for the 'China' Category

16 May 2008

The Structural Roots of Hunger, Food Crises and Riots

By James Petras All the major international banks (IMF, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Asia Development Bank etc), all the major financial newspapers and mass media have been forced to recognize that there is a major food crisis, that hundreds of millions of people face hunger, malnutrition and outright starvation. ‘The world’s poor countries will [...]

16 Sep 2007

China: Is High Growth – High Risk Liberalization the Only Alternative?

by James Petras* The complete China paper – September 2007 Picture: Shanghai, the financial capital of China. Introduction China’s drive toward economic superpower status in the world economy has accelerated in recent years. As China’s economy becomes globalized, fundamental changes in its financial markets have opened opportunities for overseas expansion as well as increasing risks [...]

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