Ben Norton is an investigative journalist and analyst. He is the founder and editor of Geopolitical Economy Report, and is based in Latin America. (Publicaciones en español aquí.)
Rising corporate profits have caused 45% of inflation in Europe, compared to 40% for rising import prices and just 15% for workers' wages, according...
The US Congress held a hearing titled "Dollar Dominance: Preserving the U.S. Dollar’s Status as the Global Reserve Currency", as countries around the world...
Media outlets claimed China is building a secret station in Cuba to spy on the US, citing anonymous intelligence officials. But the Pentagon admitted...
The BRICS bloc's New Development Bank, an alternative to the US-dominated World Bank, is de-dollarizing its loans, promoting local currencies, and adding new members:...
Foreign ministers from BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) met to discuss expanding the Global South-led bloc and creating a new global...
US politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn't matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans are boosting...
Right-wing politicians in Argentina want to adopt the US dollar as the national currency to fight inflation. Development economist Ha-Joon Chang said this is...
Economist Michael Hudson discusses the origin of Western debt-based societies and the research in his book "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as...