Nation Topics - Globalization | The Nation

Obama’s re-election inspired residents of states like Louisiana and Alabama to push for independence from the rest of the country. They should be careful what they wish for.

Geoeconomic arguments about jobs smuggle in neoliberal economics under the cover of geography.

For Christopher McKnight Nichols, isolationists were cultural cosmopolitans who distrusted the impact of empire.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would grant enormous new powers to corporations, is a massive assault on democracy.

We do not care a whit about their human rights as long as they satiate our unbridled appetites.

A new trade deal with Colombia will flood the country with cheap US agricultural products, devastating rural farmers.

Indian journalist P. Sainath explains the disastrous consequences of his country's extreme income inequality.

How the demand for chocolate—yes, chocolate!—helped fuel the country's civil war.

Can the world sustain a country the size of China with an appetite for the good things in life on par with America's?

To restore economic stability, the US must rethink its approach to domestic manufacturing.