Economy
New Internationalist provides comprehensive analysis on burgeoning corporate power and its impact on people and planet, as well as ideas on how we can change our economies for the better.
On this page, readers will find extensive coverage on the social movements – working on both a micro and macro-level – to critique and challenge capitalism – from garment factory unions in Bangladesh to rail staff striking against cuts in the name of ‘modernization’, as well as the causes of the global cost of living crisis.
Bangladesh: the great climate exodus
Families are slowly melting away from the Bay of Bengal coastline as habitats degrade. Hazel Healy speaks to new arrivals on the edge of destitution in Dhaka.
BRICS challenge dollar hegemony
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa team up to resist Western financial domination, reports Lasanda Kurukulasuriya.
Country profile: Zambia
Mary Namakando digs out facts and ratings on one of Southern Africa's most politically stable countries and probes President Sata's grapple with corruption.
The dirt on Teodoro Obiang
Time to take aim at the tyrannical President of Equatorial Guinea in this month's 'Worldbeater'.
Ready or not: can Bangladesh cope with climate change?
New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy travelled there to find out how people are adapting to a warming world.
The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions
Microsoft's former CEO has made massive donations to global health programmes but an investigation by Andrew Bowman reveals some unpleasant side-effects.
Frontline Africans: migrants hit by Europe's economic decline
What can African migrant workers do when faced with rising unemployment and racism in Europe? Sarah Babiker reports from Spain and Argentina.
Africa’s hidden hunger
Chronic malnutrition fails to capture headlines, but is no less devastating for that, says Stefan Simanowitz.
The clout of the arms industry
The arms trade tends to have the government's ear. Why, wonders Dinyar Godrej, when it is so counter-productive?
The shadow world: corruption in the arms trade
Andrew Feinstein examines the corrupt networks of arms deals.
Should there be a maximum wage?
As the hyper-rich pull further away from the rest of us, should the state impose a limit on what people earn? Read our debate and have your say.
Is 'ethical wealth' a contradiction?
Lush Cosmetics owner Mark Constantine and activist- artist Paul Fitzgerald go head to head in this month’s debate.
iSlave
Electronics giant Foxconn employs over a million people in China – in conditions that drive them to despair, reports Jenny Chan.
The Great Rebellion
The Great Recession may have stunned the Minority World, but the Majority World has survived more or less unscathed. David Ransom investigates why, and traces the outlines of a future that might just be worth having.
The best influence money can buy - the 10 Worst Corporate Lobbyists
Dirty cash and dirty tricks – our rogues’ gallery of lobbyists who get governments to dance to their tune.
How poor is too poor?
More than a billion people live on less than $1.25 a day.
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Workers of the world, relax
Slowing growth could help us work less, live better and save the planet. So what’s not to like about that, wonders Zoe Cormier.
Star Trek - Episode 1: The G20 and the B.O.R.G. Supremacy
G20 communiqué goes boldy nowhere where everyone has gone before...
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The end of an era
With the US economy on life support, Asian countries have lost their major export market. Walden Bello wonders if domestic markets can take up the slack.
Will Obama bring 1990s food policy to an end?
‘If the transition to Obama is to become the end of an era as well as the end of an error,’ says food and agriculture activist and author Wayne Roberts, then ‘the legacy of Bill Clinton as well as George Bush will need to be overcome.’
How to read an ad
We asked the CEO of a major London ad agency to give us pointers on how to decode adverts.
Gabon
Gabon is a good example of why judging how well a country is doing by _per-capita_ income is just useless. It is oil-rich and yet half the population lives below the poverty line. World Bank/IMF strictures are doing their part to help keep it that way.
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A tsunami of demolitions
Africa’s squatters are up against ruthless state power. *Andrew Meldrum* reports on Harare and beyond.
Welcome to Squatter Town
By 2030 there will be over two billion squatters worldwide. Richard Swift reports on their attempt to carve out their own piece of urban space.
Jessa:'All that has happened, has happened already'
It's a common sight in Manila to see single male foreigners with young girls on their arms.
Lean-Joy:'I shouldn't lose hope because it won't be forever'
Determination and hope in Manila, the Philippines.
Up for grabs
Workers are caught in the cross-hairs as free trade targets the labour movement. A report by *David Bacon*.
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In greed we trust
Greed is good, they say – it is the motor that drives economic growth and human progress. John F Schumaker begs to differ.
