China: a post-neoliberal order?
For Martin Jacques, 2008 represented the end of the Western-dominated financial system and the beginning of a Chinese century.
Embedding the economy – with care
Richard Swift examines the deep roots of the market economy’s failures. Time for a radical rethink.
Have economists changed since the 2008 crash?
The economics profession was partly to blame for the financial meltdown of 2007-08. Cédric Durand asks whether anything has changed.
The next financial crisis
Clueless central banks? A trade war? Southern debt overload? Leading economists including Jayati Ghosh, Cédric Durand and others speculate on where the next crisis might come from...
Why we need the solidarity economy
Solidarity Economy Association makes the case for building movements based on international co-operation and knowledge exchange.
How to achieve full decolonization
Southern governments are captive to the demands of international capital, which stops them from meeting people’s real needs. Modern monetary theory offers a path to true economic sovereignty, says Jason Hickel.
When the world almost ended
Ten years after the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, Yohann Koshy takes stock of what went wrong and where we are.
To fight Covid-19, Africa must reclaim its economic sovereignty
A global coalition of economists calls for a radical shift in Africa’s economic policy, one rooted in sovereignty and sustainability.
Globalization and extremism – join the dots
Insecure people can be highly susceptible to false narratives purporting to explain their precarious situation, argues Helena Norberg-Hodge.
Real change won’t come from the G7
Nick Dearden on how the G7 continues to stand in the way of a more democratic international order.
We can’t grow our way out of poverty
In an era of planet-wide ecological breakdown, the conventional wisdom of the growth model is crashing to an end. Jason Hickel lays it on the line
The age of development: an obituary
‘Development’ has long been reframed and hijacked, but, Wolfgang Sachs argues, we need to move beyond its misguided assumptions into a new post-development era based on eco-solidarity.
How to boycott Saudi Arabia
New Internationalist speaks to David Wearing, an expert in Anglo-Saudi relations, about how Britain could meaningfully withdraw from the Gulf states.
The hidden debt of care
It’s essential work yet it is undervalued across the world. Amy Hall makes the case for putting care front and centre.
Networked but commodified: digital labour in the remote gig economy
Research by Alex J. Wood, Mark Graham and others shows how gig economy platforms commodify labour in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Interview: Kate Raworth
As ecological collapse looms, our growth-at-all costs economic system urgently requires a different vision. Renegade economist Kate Raworth is preaching a new mindset fit for the challenges ahead. She spoke to…
Challenging exploitation in the gig economy
Global South workers in the digital platform-enabled gig economy are beginning to organize. Alex J. Wood and Mark Graham report.
Corbyn vs the nation
Jeremy Corbyn is an internationalist. But the British economy is hardwired to extract profit from the Global South. Barnaby Raine squares the circle.
New Internationalist's top reads in 2020
As 2020 draws to an end, we look at the journalism which spoke most to our readers.
Brutal forced deportations, globalization and human rights
The Stansted 15 have exposed the hypocrisy of Britain, Ann Pettifor argues.
Country profile: Angola
Joana Ramiro summarizes the Southern African nation’s recent history of ‘European encroachment and African reinvention’.
Xinjiang: living in a ghost world
Yohann Koshy speaks to anthropologist Darren Byler to find out what is going on in China’s predominantly Uyghur northwest province.
China in charge
Yohann Koshy on the ironies and contradictions of what one day might be called the Chinese century.
Just transition – now or never
As Egypt prepares to host the latest UN climate conference, COP27, Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell call time on ‘business as usual’, which in North Africa means non-solutions that line private pockets at public expense and protect…
